Falling in Love with Grace

Karma - What goes around comes around. If I do the right things and do good to others, maybe just maybe my pay it forward will come back to me and I will experience the great reward. But what about those of us who have, in the past or present (not to exclude the future), messed up and done something we are quite sure will come back and hit us in the back of the head!??

It's interesting that most of us are built to define life's journey through an entry point of reason. Most decisions and actions are based on reason. We take into consideration our past experiences and weigh them against the current cirrcumstances to build a theory of what will most likely happen. We reason a path of where and how a cause and effect develop. We use reason to justify why we should or shouldn't do things. It gives us an intellegent anwser to why things occur. Makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside. Well then, what about GRACE.

Grace, unlike Karma, defies reason and logic. How can someone love and extend grace to a murderer or adulterer. It's not logical. Why would a person that has abandoned a child or taken advantage of the poor be allowed freedom and relief? They don't deserve it. They deserve justice! Right? - Don't we all?

But what about Grace. Do we really understand it? It's not reasonable... It's not logical. It's not just. It's uncensored love that interrupts the consequences of our actions. It is a foolish thought that each of us should be released from shame and guilt and live with momentum - not oppression, regardless of the circumstances. It purifies our hearts not just our actions! This is in fact, unreasonable! It's love!

Love often produces far from logical results! Ever driven several hours just to spend 5 minutes with someone? Seems a bit silly, right? Well, it is! Grace is silly. It defies the very logic that we are taught and often live out. Unfortunatley our logic stands not only in the way of loving others, but maybe more importantly, in the way of us being loved. In order for grace to be given, we must believe that we can receive it. Without this, an exchange is impossible. (God is love. To know love is to know God. 1 John)

Maybe today is a day to fall back in love with Grace. She is totally head-over-heals for you. Go show her off. Tell your friends about how beautiful she is. Get some alone time to talk to her. She doesn't want to judge you or bring up the past. She only wants to lift you up so she may show you hope of the future! The Father has sent her to you as a gift from His son. Enjoy being unreasonable with her!

TB