The question is asked: What is grace?
Answers are given: Unmerited favor; good things that happen to us; the smile of God.
I don't know that any of these answers really explain grace. But I think this poem does explain both what grace is not and what grace is:
Not grace to bar what is not bliss,
Nor flight from all distress, but this:The grace that orders our trouble and pain,
And then, in the darkness, is there to sustain.John Piper
Read the sermon that this poem came from: Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever
Or listen to the sermon.
Richard,
ReplyDeleteI have no words to really express my gratitude to you for this post. Know that I am typing this through my tears and I thank you from my heart.
Your friend,
Sandy
You're welcome, my friend. I'm praying for you daily.
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