My World Race: The Grace Race
Grace is my favorite word. Mostly because I have been given an abundance of it in my [27 years of life]. On my darkest days, I was purchased. In my most selfish ways, I was given favor. In my failure to recognize Him, He was merciful.
Grace means to get something that you do not deserve; unmerited favor. Mercy means you do not get a punishment that you deserve; compassion.
God is abundant in grace and mercy. His greatest act of grace is the gift of salvation that is available for all people through faith. When the gift is accepted, eternal life is promised to the recipient. This eternal life is a promise of a home one day in heaven with God. The promise to the believer is sealed with the [Holy Spirit] as a guarantee that one day Jesus Christ will return to earth to claim His purchased possession.
I have decided to call My World Race – The Grace Race. Not only from first hand experience, but the hope it will give to the people I meet on the race. His grace is unwavering, unmeasurable, unconditional. For me, it took a long time to accept forgiveness for the things I have done. Choices that I’ve made. Not only did I feel unworthy of His forgiveness – I was struggling with forgiving myself.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8
Through dealing with these issues head on – and with the help Christian counseling, I have realized that it is not God who is putting those thoughts of “unworthiness” and “shame” in my head – it was satan. I am a child of God. I am freed from the shackles of my sin, and I am walking in that freedom in His name: JESUS CHRIST!
