God has also been teaching me a lot about His ability and my inability. I have heard one definition of grace put this way, " God's grace is the encouragement and enablement of God to live and serve God."
How true that is. God's grace is sufficient. It is not only sufficient to forgive out sins. But it is sufficient to enable us to love and serve others. In and of ourselves we are not able to love. In and of ourselves we are not able to serve. In and of ourselves we are not good.
In the book by J.F. Strombeck "Disciplined by Grace" grace is defined another way. Stombeck says, "Grace is more than love; it is love operating righteously in view of the fact that the penalty for sin has been paid for." God's grace enables us to love others on the basis of HIS forgiveness. God's grace enables us to love others by looking past their shortcomings. How amazing is that!
I am learning that God's grace is so big and it is so vast. There are many ways God's grace is displayed, especially in the lives of believers. God's grace is manefested IN us becuase Christ is IN us.
Just some nuggets I've been mulling over.
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