Some thoughts on grace. . .

I'm so glad God is not at all like me. 

In light of how holy He is and how "not holy" I am, I really don't deserve...well, anything. 

Well, that's not true.  I do deserve some things.  Things like punishment.  Abandonment.  Judgment.  Pain.  Rejection.  Loss.  (gulp)  Death.

Yet, He gives to me.  The opposite of what I deserve. 

Why?

Grace.

Grace allows God to be:

near though He should be far.

a friend when He should be an enemy.

for me though He should be against me.

loving when He should be hateful.

kind when He should be rude.

listening though He should be ignoring.

reaching when He should be resisting.

accepting though He should be shunning.

forgiving when He should be rejecting.

helping when He should be disgusted.

giving though He should be withholding.

abundant when He should be restricting.

teaching when He should be punishing.

close though He should be distant.

pursuing when He should be disregarding.


God is not at all like me.  But I am trying to be like Him.