Grace…

Sometimes, my heart forgets that grace isn’t something we earn, it’s a gift freely given.

That truth has been pressing on me lately. Not just the idea of grace, but the reality of it, that no wound we’ve inflicted, no wrong we’ve committed, no darkness we’ve carried is stronger than the reach of God’s grace. Still, we often believe the lie that we’re too far gone. Too broken. Too undeserving.

But grace was never about deserving.

I found this difficult to make sense of, because in a legal system, breaking the law results in consequences that match the offense. So, the idea that repentance alone leads to forgiveness felt like an undeserved shortcut. But grace doesn’t follow the logic of law and order, it isn’t something earned by obedience or lost through failure.

But if we start measuring who qualifies for grace, none of us make the cut, not even close. And maybe that’s the hardest thing to understand: not just receiving grace we didn’t earn but coming face-to-face with our deep need for it… and receiving it anyway.

So, wherever you find yourself today, whether you’re the one struggling to extend grace, or the one who feels unworthy to receive it, I pray peace over your heart.

If you’re holding back grace from someone else, remember: the goal isn’t to give what’s earned, but what’s been freely given to us all.

And if you’re convinced you’re too far from it… you’re not. You’re never too far. Grace doesn’t come with a measuring stick or a point of no return. It comes with open hands and a Savior who already paid the price.

Or maybe you’re like I was before I wrote this, holding truth in your mind but wrestling to believe it in your heart. Grace covers that too.

And thank God that’s true… or heaven would be empty!