July 23/2016 Aging in Grace 3
Before I continue further with my blog, I would like to make clarification on the word “Grace” here.
Merriam-Webster has these to say: 1. A way of moving that is smooth and attractive and that is not stiff or awkward. 2. A controlled, polite, and pleasant way of behaving. 3. graces : skills that are needed for behaving in a polite way in social situations So by its meaning, it connotes that, efforts on the part of the person is required to live in grace. Which can be acquired, can be developed and can also be just acted temporarily. Usually this grace breeds pride.
But as proclaimed and taught in the bible, Grace is given by God to persons who do not even deserve to have it.
So what I mean by “Aging in Grace is not being able to live in a controlled polite, well-behaved and most pleasant way of living, because honestly in my frailty being a senior citizen, we tend to be more sensitive. We may be more irritable that when we were younger.
So in short, what I mean in “Aging in Grace” is living by God’s grace.
Act 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
God the Father is the Fountain of all these grace, And the only channel that can make us receive this Grace is through His Son Jesus Christ. Saint Paul made this statement when he face resistance from the religious Jews, and the Greeks branded this teachings as foolishness.
This Grace was provided by God to men to enable them to live beyond their limitations, Giving men the liberty to do good, and freedom from the bondage of sin. And it is possible through one channel only and that is Christ Jesus. By repenting of our sins and accepting Jesus into our hearts as our Lord and Savior, we become a recipient of the Father's Grace.
May the Grace of God be unto you all!
