No one forgives with more grace and love than a child.
Real Live Preacher (Gordon Atkinson)
Do you ever have a word or concept that continually pops up in your life? You keep thinking about it, hearing about it and reading about it. The last three years, the concepts of community, worship, forgiveness, and now grace have become that type of word for me.
Grace can be defined as unmerited favor, something we don't deserve.
In music, there are grace notes. I found them described online as "Notations used in writing music. They are notes written much smaller than regular notes, and donate sounds that are shorter than full notes. They are ornaments, they hold little value in of themselves, yet they can advance and embellish works of music. Like a spice that makes a good meal great."
What a beautiful thought. I am trying to learn to add those little notes of grace into my relationships. I hope that the grace I am striving to learn to freely give will help to "advance and embellish" my interactions with others.
My Teacher, as I study the subject of grace, is the author and originator of grace. If I can learn to extend to everyone around me, especially those who hurt or offend me, even 1/1,000 the amount of grace God pours out on me daily I will feel that I am being an obedient child to my Teacher.
Grace can be defined as unmerited favor, something we don't deserve. In music, there are grace notes. I found them described online as "Notations used in writing music. They are notes written much smaller than regular notes, and donate sounds that are shorter than full notes. They are ornaments, they hold little value in of themselves, yet they can advance and embellish works of music. Like a spice that makes a good meal great."
What a beautiful thought. I am trying to learn to add those little notes of grace into my relationships. I hope that the grace I am striving to learn to freely give will help to "advance and embellish" my interactions with others.
My Teacher, as I study the subject of grace, is the author and originator of grace. If I can learn to extend to everyone around me, especially those who hurt or offend me, even 1/1,000 the amount of grace God pours out on me daily I will feel that I am being an obedient child to my Teacher.
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