So if you are like me, from time to time you have struggled with understanding grace. It is foreign that we would receive something that we do not deserve and we can't earn no matter how hard we try.
Through the antics of my ever entertaining 4 year old, God again showed me what a beautiful thing His grace is and how much He loves us as sons and daughters!
Recently my wife was doing some work while Gabby(our 4 year old) was working on some craft projects of her own. The projects involved cutting, pasting, coloring, all the normal stuff. At some point she became bored and scampered off to the play room, somehow managing to escape with the scissors!
Not to long later Alyson overheard my 10 year old daughter Haly enter the room and ask "why are you doing that Gabby?" The response given was "I wanted to cut bangs, don't tell mommy!" Haly responded as any great older sibling would "I think we have to tell mommy."
So as the two of them came into the room Alyson could no doubt see the look of fear in Gabby's eyes and Gabby responded "don't be mad mommy." To which, Alyson responded "I am not mad, but I am going to need to fix it." Gabby knowing that she was unable to fix her hair herself willing let Alyson finish cutting her bangs.
Alyson did instruct Gabby that she shouldn't cut her hair again, and the response was classic..."but mommy what if I forget?" My wife being an awesome mother some how was able to keep it together and responded, if you forget we will fix it again.
What an awesome picture of how Jesus loves us even when we make messes of our lives. He says to us I am not mad but you can't fix your life. Only I can because of the work that I did for you on the cross. We don't deserve it but we are His sons and daughters and He loves us. And when we forget and do it again, He still loves us!
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