Grace - What It Means

Image by havankevin via FlickrAt some point in time most of us become concerned about our physical health.  Perhaps because there are new aches and pains, or a friend has been diagnosed with a condition that concerns us, or maybe our lifestyle has led us to look at how to be healthy.  Whatever the reason we often react by building up our immune system by a combination of diet, nutrition, vitamins, and exercise.  Unfortunately we cannot cover all of the bases of viruses, bugs, genetics, environment and yet to be discovered.

When it comes to our spiritual life we find a parallel in attempting to reach for God on our own only to wonder if we have done enough. 
We attempt to build our spiritual immune system on our own yet twist and turns that we take leaves us short of the perfect love of the Father.  What we have looked at the past two weeks is that there are two perspectives of grace.  The one who is gracious is one perspective and the one who benefits is the other.   In our grace relationship with God we have joy because he has given us a gift that elevates us up to the point that we can be in his presence.  His grace is not static and will always fill in the imperfections of our faith walk to make us perfect in his eyes. 

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http://blog21st.walkinginhispath.com/ftp/Grace_Week_3_Result_of_Grace.pdf