Grace

Grace a word that has lost all its significant to us. As Brennan Manning puts it in his book Ragamuffin Gospel, " The word itself, grace, has become trite and debased through misuse and overuse. It does not move us the way it moved our early Christian ancestors. In some European countries certain high ecclesiastical officials are sill called "Your Grace." Sportswriters speak of Michael Jordan's "easy grace" and entrepreneur Donald Trump has been described as "lacking grace." A new perfume appears with the label "grace" and a child's report card is called a "disgrace." The word has lost its raw, imaginative power." You can't put it any better than that. You hear the word today and it’s in reference to a person, a person’s ability to walk and not trip over their own feet, or put into something negative.
Which just makes me wonder what this word that so much of our faith is based on really means. According to Webster, It is, "unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; a virtue coming from God; a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace; approval, favor; disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency; a temporary exemption; a charming or attractive trait or characteristic; a pleasingly graceful appearance or effect; ease and suppleness of movement or bearing; used as a title of address or reference for a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop; a short prayer at a meal asking a blessing or giving thanks; the quality or state of being considerate or thoughtful." That’s a really long definition. But the Bible simply says "its by grace that you are saved." So what is it that saves you, is it approval, favor, a temporary exemption, a charming or attractive trait? I can't say that I can tell you; I don't understand it as well.

Ok thats all for now... but I'll be back on this subject again soon, prolly like tomorrow!