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Blog Posted by David Brooks: 6/11/2016 10:17:00 AM

June 11 Med...
To self: Today, be mindful of Grace.

It's like when you were a kid and you forgot to cut the grass one week, but your parents paid you any way.
It's something we get, but don't deserve. Think today David about the times you received something from your parents, siblings, friends and relatives. Something unexpected. Undeserved.
Perhaps it made you feel unworthy, but you accepted it anyway.
See grace in the actions of folk all around you. It's there...if you just look. Better still, spread a little grace of your own. It just might feel really good. God knows.
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"Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life."
      - John Updike

"I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us."
      - Anne Lamott

"The apostle Paul never seemed to exhaust the topic of grace - what makes us think we can? He just kept coming at it and coming at it from another angle. That's the thing about grace. It's like springtime. You can't put it in a single sentence definition, and you can't exhaust it.
      - Max Lucado
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Romans 11:6...
But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. 



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Date: 6/13/2016 4:37:00 AM
so often we want grace from others but we are unwilling to offer it. Very nice blog. I'm thankful for God's grace. I know where I'd be without it.
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Date: 6/12/2016 4:33:00 PM
Enjoyed reading this today.Gracious hospitality from generous hearts always makes me thankful.There needs to be more movies about this instead of violenceSuZ
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Date: 6/12/2016 4:29:00 AM
Lovely blog, David:) God's grace to us sure is inexhaustible:) How much more should we reflect His grace through our lives!!!
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David Brooks
Date: 6/12/2016 11:20:00 AM
True, so true.

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