Grace, Grace, God's Grace!

"Grace is the bridge over a chasm that seemed infinite- the canyon between our depravity and His holiness." David Jeremiah's Captured by Grace

I know one thing I'm thankful for this year. Grace. The wonderful, infinite, mind-blowing grace of God. I've always understood the importance of grace. I've always been told that it's how I was saved. But oftentimes I forget what that means. I sin, and get so frustrated with sin that I beat myself up about it instead of running to the One who has the power to forgive. I focus on my weakness rather than my Savior's strength. My instinct is to try to 'be good' instead of leaning on the everlasting, ever-strong arms of Christ. Christ, who lived, died, and rose again so that I could be 'saved by grace through faith, and that not of myself but a gift of God'. And man, boast I can't. Everyday I understand more and more how unworthy of God's grace I am. But as I understand His loving grace, I feel pull, an irresistible draw to shout His Name to the ends of the earth, to share His grace with others. If only they knew! We are none worthy, but it's our unworthiness that makes God's grace as astounding, as comforting, as warming as it is. Thank you, Abba, for grace. Grace, Grace, God's Grace!