Best Gift Ever

Grace.
What exactly is it? Is it a period of time? Is it the ability to be polite in rude situation? Is it a prayer over a meal?
What I've found is that it truly is a gift. It's something at its purest form that I don't deserve. It's my favorite thing about God! ...Unmerited Favor!
Grace began before time itself. The God of the universe chose to make man & woman to have a relationship with Him. Someone asks why? All that comes to me is, ‘ because HE is God and HE is the author of relationships.’
He is vast, yet HE chose to squeeze all of his being into the physical skin-suit of a human. He was affected by skin, sleep, hunger, stomachaches, and "life ". He did all this to rescue us from the mess we had made.
Did He have to do all this? No. He chose to rescue us rather than to leave us as we were. It was a painful choice, but He did it anyway. He was God and man. He walked to the Cross by choice. He rose again by His All God Power. “Why”?..Because HE is God. HE is the a epitome of Love, Relationships & Redemption.
Grace is defined in this life...the one who loved the unlovable. He saw our need and made us His. He was not thrown off by our actions, reactions, boogers or pimples. He loves us with an effervescent joy and delight. We are his kids!
He remains patient with us because He always knows that we are but dust!
This gift of Grace is now ours to give to the lives around us. We love as we've been loved. We listen with hearts that remember, ‘I am but dust’. We don't have to defend ourselves because we are loved by the One who knows us best. We can give patience because we remember how much patience is given to us. We can forgive because we've been forgiven so very much. We give hugs because our Heavenly Dad hugs us.
Max Lucado says, “When God looks at you, he doesn’t see you; he sees the One who surrounds you. That means that failure is not a concern for you. Your victory is secure.”
Do I do this correctly or consistently on a daily basis? Heck no!! I forget the Grace given to me and I become stingy with it. More than likely, I haven't taken time to sit in Abba Father's lap and let Him hold me. I’ll put on my performance hat and forget I'm not impressive…”I” get in the way. You see, Grace removes all need for “hoop jumping”.... because ‘Jesus paid it ALL.. all to Him I owe.. sin had left a dirty stain but HE washed it white as snow’❤️.
I now have the privilege of being His conduit of Grace.
“Oh to Grace, how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be;
Let Thy goodness like a fetter bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it- Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart Lord, take and seal it;
Seal it for Thy courts above!”