Grace

I am God’s grace in action!

Grace is an unearned blessing–a gift from God. Grace is also something I can pass on. Whenever I go above and beyond some good that I or others expect of me, I am God’s grace in action.
Helping someone who did not expect any support, I put the principle of giving and receiving into action, and somewhere down the line, I will be blessed. Doing more than is required of me may generate immediate rewards or bless me at a later time.
Giving fully to life, I affirm God’s grace, and I receive abundantly, perhaps in ways that I may not have considered. The grace of God blesses me with wholeness, prosperity, wisdom, peace, and the capacity to be God’s grace in action.
grace

 (grs) n.

1. Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.

2. A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement.

3. A sense of fitness or propriety.

4. a. A disposition to be generous or helpful; goodwill.

b. Mercy; clemency.

5. A favor rendered by one who need not do so; indulgence.

6. A temporary immunity or exemption; a reprieve.

7. Graces Greek & Roman Mythology Three sister goddesses, known in Greek mythology as Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, who dispense charm and beauty.

8. a. Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people.

b. The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God.

c. An excellence or power granted by God.

9. A short prayer of blessing or thanksgiving said before or after a meal.

10. Grace Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for a duke, duchess, or archbishop.

11. Music An appoggiatura, trill, or other musical ornanment in the music of 16th and 17th century England.

tr.v. graced, grac·ing, grac·es

1. To honor or favor: You grace our table with your presence.

2. To give beauty, elegance, or charm to.

3. Music To embellish with grace notes.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin grtia, from grtus, pleasing; see g^wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

~ by kennybeal on September 23, 2008.