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March 3

Living in Grace

Therefore, once you have your minds ready for action and you are thinking clearly, place your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

—1 Peter 1:13

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, "Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has."

Most of us appreciate the sense that we live in God's grace. We like knowing we can fall down and get up again without a big penalty. We like knowing God takes us back again after we make a mess of the life he's given us.

We're living right now in his incredible grace. We walk in it, drink it in, and where we can, we direct it toward others. We extend the hand of grace to friends and complete strangers. This is the kind of action God wants us to take because of the hope he has placed within us. Our hearts and minds are poised and ready to be his voices, his hands, and his tireless feet. We have the treasure of seeing God in everything, of realizing that his hand alone brought all that we have into fruition.

Be gracious today to yourself and those you meet along the

In the Flow

Lord, I am humbled by your grace, by your forgiveness, and your tenderness toward me. Help me share those very same gifts with everyone around me. Amen.