Amazing Grace #1

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1)

Looking ahead at the coming month seems intimidating.  Many of us are waiting to see what life will look like with much undertainty: schooling, the virus, economic stress, and crumbling of our culture. It's going to take a lot of grace.  So we will be focusing here on God's Grace.  I would like to offer you this favorite description of His Grace: It is the God-given ability, in Christ, for us to do what we cannot do on our own. That involves a lot of things as we'll see in the coming month. First of all, it involves our greatest need: reconnecting with God.  Since the Fall, the relationship Adam and Eve had once enjoyed meeting with God was marred.  What could we do about that? Nothing. We could not go up to heaven to tell God we are sorry.  We needed to come down to us. As we read here in John 1, that happened when Christ came down, full of grace and truth.  In other words, when He brought with Him the ability we need for that restoration, which we do not have on our own. What do we need to do? Receive that grace - as John says here the "grace upon grace" and then repeats the fact that Christ is full of Grace and truth.  We need Grace. Christ has it. Let's receive all the grace we can get for the coming month.