Daily Question, August 22 What is grace? 43 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. DeVonna11 months agoDeVonnaGrace = Gods Riches At Christ’s Expense 5 Reply MargaretP11 months agoMargaretPThis is very profound. I like it. 3 Reply GratefulOne11 months agoGratefulOneFrom the Oxford Dictionary origin: Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratia, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’; related to grateful. I am called to these definitions also: simple elegance or refinement of movement. AND in Christian belief) the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. It’s also my daughter’s middle name 🙂 6 Reply Michele11 months agoMichele“simple elegance or refinement of movement.” – dictionary definition. I think of dancers …. I also think it goes along with dignity, having grace and dignity. 7 Reply Dusty Su11 months agoDusty SuI like that…. 5 Reply Dusty Su11 months agoDusty SuMuch as everyone has said so far. Also, a supernatural ability to see things as they really are and then as they will be if love has its way. I just wrote about that today wherein I was enabled to companion a man on his journey to death purely through the grace of love. He had such putrid cancers on his face that even the nurses found it difficult to work with him. Grace taught me how to better show up for the other. The unbearable became beautiful because we met in a place beyond our wounds, an...Much as everyone has said so far. Also, a supernatural ability to see things as they really are and then as they will be if love has its way. I just wrote about that today wherein I was enabled to companion a man on his journey to death purely through the grace of love. He had such putrid cancers on his face that even the nurses found it difficult to work with him. Grace taught me how to better show up for the other. The unbearable became beautiful because we met in a place beyond our wounds, and a glorious oneness made compassion bigger than pain. Pure, grace-filled love. Read More8 Reply Katrina11 months agoKatrinaDusty Su – that is beautiful. Is the definition of “the supernatural ability…” original with you? It is awesome! 8 Reply Dusty Su11 months agoDusty SuThank you Katrina. Yes, I believe it is my definition. I don’t remember learning it elsewhere, but we are the sum of many other’s thoughts… <3 5 Reply EJP11 months agoEJPGrace is putting your heart out in front of you while doing the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do in your life. 9 Reply Dusty Su11 months agoDusty SuYes, that sure can be part of it. I wrote about the enabling grace gives when led by love above too. 6 Reply Kevin11 months agoKevinGrace manifests itself in many ways and forms; in certain people, in things and special places, and in situations of daily living that seem to appear without human planning or manipulation. Grace may also possess elements of the Divine, or God, and Spirit, which is felt, yet unseen, imbued in a one’s soul by a source not our own. In short, grace is grease for the stickiness and everydayness of life. 13 Reply Dusty Su11 months agoDusty SuKevin, “grace is grease for the stickiness and everydayness of life…” that’s a good way to say it! 6 Reply Mica11 months agoMicaThank you, Dusty Su and Kevin – I’ll add that to my gratefulness document 📃 📄 – there, I even put Kevin’s quote in bold type – 5 Reply Dusty Su11 months agoDusty SuLove that we find these gems in this group….Gratefulness document is a great thing to create Mica. 4 Reply Christine11 months agoChristineLetting love and respect be the basis. A kind heart in charge 💛 11 Reply Mary Pat11 months agoMary PatThe meaning for me has changed through the years. A simple answer for me is a no-strings-attached-gift-given-freely. 12 Reply « Previous 1 2 My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2022, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb