We were walking early in the morning, Grace and I.
She saw a Real Estate sign and the agent was Grace!
She said she saw a church sign near her house: Grace United.
“Grace is a great word,” I said.
She looked interested.
It’s hard to define grace to a 7 year old Grace.
“It’s a free gift.”
Who know better than a kid that all true gifts are free?
“It means there are no rules you have to follow. God just loves us.”
Oops, I quickly moved from this angle. This could lead a child to trouble.
“Grace is another name for God.”
This got her interest.
For a second.
And that’s enough.
Perhaps if we could just grasp,
even for a second,
that the other name for God
is our name,
we would know ourselves Beloved.
We would know grace.
Grace is such an important word for me. My maternal Grandmother’s name. My middle name. A word that is God and signifies God in us. I am grateful for “Grace” and all that it represents in my life.
Thanks Patsy. Truly … a word that is God and signifies God in us. Grace.
I never thought of Grace that way. The only Grace I knew was a little girl in school long ago.
Another name for God….my name…. Wonderful way to share/experience our deep deep connection with the divine… So much more than “a gift from God”….grace….life force within us… I’m feeling a WOW! Within.
(I so appreciate how this prayer bench works.. I feel late to this post….yet it’s here when I’m here… And just aspowerful as when it was first shared…)