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[quote=Anonymous]I don't connect grace to specific events but rather to my self and my state of being. Grace to me is like getting an unexpected special bonus gift. If you got it all the time, it would no longer to unexpected or special or a gift. I see it as a bonus gift that goes along with having a personal relationship with JC.

To me grace is when I am going through something difficult and God just fills my heart and mine with peace. It doesn't mean the difficulty is gone but that I have a stillness, a calmness and a peace that encompasses me. Other times I really have to work hard to get to a place of peace and calm and I may never get there or I partially get there then something happens and my peace is gone. The gift of peace is just amazing compared to the hard earned peace so I consider it grace.

Same might be true of forgiveness. Sometimes when I am burdened by guilt or shame, it is just lifted from me. Gone. I have wrestled with the feelings related to an issue for a long time to have all those feelings just vanish in an instant and never return. That is grace. Other times I have to really work and wallow through the guilt or shame or pain and slowly figure it out and come out the other side, often still with lingering feelings.

Faith to me is just trust. Not trust that certain things will or won't happen but trust in a relationship. So far in my 40 years of living nothing I have accomplished, noting I have desired, nothing I have acquired, nothing I have experienced compares to my relationship with JC so I have trust or faith in Him and in that relationship. And that relationship is founded on faith.

I don't believe that God ever promised a smooth easy life. He promised strength, rest, peace, love, grace, light, and to be there with us as we go through the highs and lows, the peaks and valleys of life. [/quote]

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