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Christian,Faith,Friends,Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday ~ Grace
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” ~ Romans 5:1-2 (ESV – emphasis mine)
Have you ever looked up the word grace in the dictionary? I did this week. Here are two of 8 definitions from Webster’s website:
1 a: unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification b: a virtue coming from God c: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace.
2 a: approval , favorbarchaic : mercy , pardon c: a special favor : privilege d: disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency e: a temporary exemption : reprieve
Isn’t it cool that ever Webster states that grace comes from God? What really surprised me was that grace and mercy are interchangeable? I guess I still have a lot to learn about the English language.
Grace is a beautiful word, especially if we put feet to grace. Here is my list why I am thankful for grace, not only grace from God, but grace extended to me by family and friends…
- Thank you Lord for Your grace. I know that I do not deserve that Christ died for my sins so I may spend eternity with You. If it were up to me, I know I would end up in the pit…
- I am thankful that even though I sometimes say things that are not gracious, my beloved extends grace to me…
- I am thankful that my BBF Laurel and I were able to settle an issue. The problem was that I did not take to heart James 1:19. I am thankful that Laurel was able to see past my faults, extended grace to me…
- I am thankful that God left the best ‘instruction book’ for life there is, with us. Because of the Bible I am able to ‘hear’ Him extending grace to me every.single.day (or in the middle of the night)…
- I am thankful that throughout the week God sends me reminders via music that His love is all about grace…
What are you thankful for this week? Please share with us in leaving your link below.
Thank you for stopping by today. Remember: God has extended grace to you, pay it forward…
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Iris,
As I read through these definitions I just got chill bumps. If we really wrap our heads around grace, well it’s just amazing.. amazing grace.
What a beautiful thankful list. In your heart of praises you always inspire me. Love you girl. Have a fantastic Thursday. Hugs, Lynn
I have had grace extended to me through others many times when I blew it with my sinful self… Thanks again for hosting “TT”… Blessings…
Amazing Grace! Thanks for this reminder. All through my life God has been so good to me and my family…and even to my friends.
Blessings.
I am also thankful for His Grace. His Grace is sufficient for me!!! Thanks Iris for leading us on TT each week. -Blessings, Laurie
Thank God for His Amazing Grace in saving us and sustaining us, and His sufficient grace for us to walk this pilgrim journey to know Him, love Him and serve Him! Thanks for sharing your encouraging thankful heart with us. May God continue to shower His grace and mercy upon you!
Blessings Iris…this is just what I needed today for this week…reminder of how aMazing HIS Grace is…that HE shows me unmerited divine assistance today!
Though HIS GRACE is sufficient, my THANKS will never be enough, so I humbling bow at His Throne of Grace and Praise Him as my Lord & King, my Savior!
His mercies are overwhelming, His divine Love given unconditionally for me…I can never thank Him enough! Bless you Iris for your grateful heart & hosting Thankful Thursday & Grace Alone! I am not alone because of His Grace! I’m thankful for His Grace undeserved but very blessed to share with my blog friends this awesome place of grace at the cross!
How did I know you were going tp ick Grace this week for your theme? I was thinking about Grace today and thought wouldn’t it be neat if it was your theme topic this week. I didn’t get my list up yet but will!
Have a blessed day!
Bethany
Thank you for hosting Thankful Thursday. My dear friend used to participate in this. She passed away last week and I felt the tugs on my heart to join in.
~Mrs. Cuddles
Oh my for the grace extended in my life…Iris—that is a biggy and I am BIGTIME thankful….even today.
I read the next post too…and had one of those mornings…when praying most of the way to work…and when I got there…didn’t realize my mascara had puddled and made a mess under my eye…eeewww. NOt attractive, but the time I had with Jesus was INCREDIBLE!!!
I love you girl…and am thankful for YOU!
Iris, You are always such a blessing! I love how you shared grace and what it REALLY means! I’m so thankful for GOD’S grace too.
My post is up.. so happy to be joining you all again!
LOVE,
Tonya
How precious grace is, Iris! I’m so glad you chose this for the theme. I love it! God bless you for hosting this meme each week and for the words of truth, inspiration and encouragement you share.
Such a beautiful list sweetie.
Grace what an absolutely beautiful word-one of my favorite hymns is Amazing Grace-because He save a wretch such as me. Thank you for this word and reminding me how awesome is His grace.
PS Love the new site very nice
Yes, God’s grace alone keeps us from day to day…I don’t know where I’d be without His care.
Thanks for sharing your list. Grace is so important to me for I need it desperately and daily!
I absolutely love your word verifications! I got MERCY today! PRAISE THE LORD! THAT JUST BLESSES ME ALL OVER IRIS!
AND ALSO… the fact that it says in Websters grace comes from God… is a JOLT OF WHOOOHOOOO for me!
hallelujah!
Love ya Iris,
God bless you ….. MERCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lea
I am so grateful for the God’s scriptures as well. They are the perfect parenting manual!
Ah, love how you feature the word “grace” this week…indeed it’s something we have to be grateful for every day!
Praise God for all his goodness…
Happy Thursday!
“I am thankful that God left the best ‘instruction book’ for life there is, with us. Because of the Bible I am able to ‘hear’ Him extending grace to me every.single.day (or in the middle of the night)… ”
Boy, am I ever thankful for this one, too!!
You’ll never believe what my anti-spam word was…Grace! Now I have the song “Your Grace is enough, your grace is enough, your grace is enough for me…” Thanks for a great start to my day!
The amazing grace of God – it makes you want to sing and praise His name.
God has been speaking to me so much about Grace. What a priceless gift we have been given. I don’t think we’ll truly understand the depths of God’s grace on this side of heaven.
Thanks, as always, for sharing your heart with us, Iris! Have a blessed week!
Iris, thanks for the thoughts on grace. What a marvelous gift we have been given!
Thanks for continuing to provide us with the center of Thankful Thursday. I look forward to it every week and have found so many new sisters in Christ through it. God bless you and the work that you allow Him to do through you.
I like the new look of your blog. I had noticed that the icon on my list of favorites had change.
Once again, you’ve chosen or been led to use a word in TT that touches our hearts. Thank you for all that you do to make this weekly meeting available to us.
Precious grace of the Father! Oh my what a awesome gift it is… if we truly grasped it, we would be forever changed! Excellent word!!
Grace… a wonderful gift! Thank you for your beautiful list! Blessings for the weekend ahead.
Iris, I love the new look- so beautiful!
I, too, am so thankful for His amazing grace. Where would I be without it?
Blessings, dear Sister!
I, too, am thankful for the daily reminders of His grace.
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow….”
If not for His grace and mercy, what would become of us! His longsuffering is undiscribable! Thanks for this wonderful outlet of our Thanksgiving!
Thanks for sharing God really is a God of grace and love.
Great post.
Grace: “Paying it forward.” — wonderful idea, something I need to work on. I don’t ever want to be associated with the ungrateful and indebted servant in the Bible who was given a huge gift of grace but did not extend it to one indebted to him.
Thanks for sharing this.
Typing One-Handed
Hi Iris,
As I read your post my thought was, “He makes all things new.” A fresh breeze is blowing from your posts these days.
Love you, my friend.
Such a beautiful post today… thank you, Iris!
I’m so grateful for God’s grace. Without grace, I don’t have a prayer. Nothing I can do can earn my salvation and I can’t live this Christian walk without it. Thanks for the reminder to be thankful for grace.
Oh this is rich. You and I had the same mind today without planning it go check out what I was up at 4 a.m. pouring out.
The grace of God, where would we be without it… I too am thankful for His marvelous, redeeming, abounding, and amazing grace!
Thanks so much for sharing and for hosting us today!
Blessings!
Iris,
I, too, am so thankful for God’s amazing Grace. Thank you for your beautiful post today and thank you for being our ‘gracious’ host.
Blessings to you!
Hey BFF, there was no issue. My foot tasted really good that day by the way.
Hugs.
“I am thankful that God left the best ‘instruction book’ for life there is, with us. Because of the Bible I am able to ‘hear’ Him extending grace to me every.single.day (or in the middle of the night)…”
” I am thankful that throughout the week God sends me reminders via music that His love is all about grace”
I too am thankful for these things, in fact I don’t know what I would do without Him and the reminders in music of Him! Great things to be thankful for! Thank you for reminding me to never take for granted the blessing of the Bible and how it is never ‘closed’ and always open to give us what we need from our beautiful Savior.
I don’t know where I would be without His grace. It overwhelms my heart with gratitude.
Beautiful post!