Grace
Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary dates this word from the 12th century and the etymology as Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin, and akin to the Sanskrit word translated he praises.
Functioning as a noun, grace has more than eight definitions, including the following:
1 a: unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification b: a virtue coming from God c: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace
2 a: APPROVAL, FAVOR ... b: archaic: MERCY, PARDON c: a special favor: PRIVILEGE ... d: disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency e: a temporary exemption: REPRIEVE
Since my last post, my uncle passed away, which was an act of grace on God's part, and not the first in my uncle's life. He experienced all the definitions of grace above.
Since my last post, a bridge in Minneapolis, which I knew well, collapsed for no obvious reason, and we saw the kinds of grace defined in 2 d above, and perhaps 2 e as well. It may be that through this some will have the experiences in 1 a 1 b and 1 c, if they have not already.
One year, our women's Bible study chose to focus on walking in grace. This brought me to write many pieces, including the following.
Grace upon Grace upon Grace
Grace of God
God, as Father, as Lord Jesus Christ, as Spirit only Holy,
Thoughts of You and of Your favor, full, eternal, unmerited,
Leave me breathless, astonished, humbled,
And a writer at a loss for words.
Oh grace of God
God, as Father, as Lord Jesus Christ, as Spirit only Holy,
Thoughts of You and of Your favor, full, eternal, unmerited,
Leave me breathless, astonished, humbled,
And as a writer at a loss for words....
Where can even a writer go
To speak of the Word, The Word--
In Flesh, in human form--
The Word enfleshing the Father*
The Word in Whom the Father is well pleased
No, only the Word in print can rightly speak of the Word in Flesh,
And before both I bow--in silence
[*"He who has seen Me has seen the Father"]
O Grace of God
God as Father, as Lord Jesus Christ, as Spirit only Holy,
Thoughts of You and of Your favor, full, eternal, unmerited,
Leave me breathless, astonished, humbled,
And a writer at a loss for words....
Where can even a writer go
To speak of the Word, The Word--
In Flesh, in a nondescript human form--
The Word in Whom the Father is well pleased
No, only the Word in print can rightly speak of the Word in Flesh,
And before both I bow--in silence
For a current discussion of how God shows love and grace to the world, go to http://www.teampyro.blogspot.com/
Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary dates this word from the 12th century and the etymology as Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin, and akin to the Sanskrit word translated he praises.
Functioning as a noun, grace has more than eight definitions, including the following:
1 a: unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification b: a virtue coming from God c: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace
2 a: APPROVAL, FAVOR ... b: archaic: MERCY, PARDON c: a special favor: PRIVILEGE ... d: disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency e: a temporary exemption: REPRIEVE
Since my last post, my uncle passed away, which was an act of grace on God's part, and not the first in my uncle's life. He experienced all the definitions of grace above.
Since my last post, a bridge in Minneapolis, which I knew well, collapsed for no obvious reason, and we saw the kinds of grace defined in 2 d above, and perhaps 2 e as well. It may be that through this some will have the experiences in 1 a 1 b and 1 c, if they have not already.
One year, our women's Bible study chose to focus on walking in grace. This brought me to write many pieces, including the following.
Grace upon Grace upon Grace
Grace of God
God, as Father, as Lord Jesus Christ, as Spirit only Holy,
Thoughts of You and of Your favor, full, eternal, unmerited,
Leave me breathless, astonished, humbled,
And a writer at a loss for words.
Oh grace of God
God, as Father, as Lord Jesus Christ, as Spirit only Holy,
Thoughts of You and of Your favor, full, eternal, unmerited,
Leave me breathless, astonished, humbled,
And as a writer at a loss for words....
Where can even a writer go
To speak of the Word, The Word--
In Flesh, in human form--
The Word enfleshing the Father*
The Word in Whom the Father is well pleased
No, only the Word in print can rightly speak of the Word in Flesh,
And before both I bow--in silence
[*"He who has seen Me has seen the Father"]
O Grace of God
God as Father, as Lord Jesus Christ, as Spirit only Holy,
Thoughts of You and of Your favor, full, eternal, unmerited,
Leave me breathless, astonished, humbled,
And a writer at a loss for words....
Where can even a writer go
To speak of the Word, The Word--
In Flesh, in a nondescript human form--
The Word in Whom the Father is well pleased
No, only the Word in print can rightly speak of the Word in Flesh,
And before both I bow--in silence
For a current discussion of how God shows love and grace to the world, go to http://www.teampyro.blogspot.com/
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