God's Grace On Easter And Always
I recently saw a small debate on Facebook about grace. The essence: What is God’s grace? What does grace mean? On Easter, God's grace seems so very big. ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.’ John 3:16. The Big Man Himself saves the world by letting His Son die. Granted Jesus rises again, but He suffers in a way that we can’t imagine. Besides the horrors of being nailed to a cross, which most of us will be spared in our lifetime, Jesus, being all-powerful, could have stopped it at any time. But He doesn’t. He dies so that we may live with God again. As a mother, I’m not sure what it would take for me to give over my son, with no chance of escape, so that others may live. So that others may be forgiven. Because on my own, I wouldn’t even chose to share my sandwich. And I see God’s grace in sharing my sandwich. Grace isn’t always so grand. God is in the moment when the choice is stark:...