This past Sunday, the sermon at my church was on grace. One thing that was memorable to me from that message is the fact that there are three parts to grace: forgetting, remembering, and giving another chance.
First of all, to extend grace means that we forget the bad thing(s) that a person did. We may not truly forget them, but we can choose not to focus on those things or bring them up ("Love keeps no record of wrong."). Second, we remember the good thing(s) a person did. We celebrate the positive and dwell on those actions. Finally, grace involves giving another chance to the person has messed up.
God's grace toward me is one of the most amazing aspects of his love. He chooses to take away my sin and keeps no record of my failures. He chooses instead to remember the price he paid for me and that he has adopted me as his beloved son. He focuses on the times when I have loved and served him well and remembers those things. And when I mess up (which is all the time), he may be disappointed, but he always gives me an opportunity to be restored and to serve him again. My prayer is that I will learn to be more like my Father—to forget, to remember, and to give another chance—not just today but every day.
How has someone showed grace to you? How can you show more grace to the children in your ministry?
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