“You don’t deserve grace!” reflects a grave misconception. It is the big “Duh!” of life that contains truth in its ignorance. If justice is getting what you deserve and mercy is not getting what you deserve, then grace is receiving what you can scarcely imagine. Grace is like the winning lottery ticket purchased for you. You didn’t ask for the ticket; you didn’t even know that the ticket existed. All you have to do is claim it. To paraphrase Anne Lamott, grace meets you WHEREVER you are, and loves you too much to leave you there. Both the MEETING and the MOVING are bound to grace’s essence. The former without the latter is indifference. The latter alone is a train that continually leaves the station five minutes before you arrive.
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