CAROL HEILMAN
  • Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Carol and Friends
  • Writing Seeds
  • Contact
  • Carol and Friends

It's All About Grace

8/25/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
I heard a story recently that touched my heart.  When an elderly woman, who happened to have dementia, entered a church sanctuary and spotted the word “GRACE” on a banner behind the pulpit, she shouted to her brother, “Look! He knows my name!”

Yes indeed, I thought. Only because of His amazing grace does He know my name. 

What does GRACE mean anyway? We hear the word often, especially in Christian circles, but do we truly understand? Or is the word so broad & vague that we can’t grasp its application to our lives?

Some things to think about:
If God chose me as His child because of what I said or did or what I didn’t say or do—His grace would no longer be grace. Romans 11:6

When I first realized God loved me unconditionally I was in my thirties. I was totally flabbergasted that I didn’t have to prove my worth, or at least become a better person than I was as the time. I could never be good enough or worthy enough to deserve this gift. That was it. I could never deserve His grace.

Grace is undeserved.
Grace is God’s free gift.
Only through God’s grace did Jesus taste death for me. (from Hebrews 2:9)

Grace: Amazing love.
If I accept His gift I am
Forgiven
Healed of a broken, bitter heart
Promised eternity in heaven
Called His child forever


"I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us."
Anne Lamott



What does grace mean to you?





   

 


0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    This page is dedicated to my inspirations and those who have enriched my life along the way.

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014

FOLLOW ON AMAZON,  FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Carol and Friends
  • Writing Seeds
  • Contact
  • Carol and Friends