The Marvelous Grace of God

March 16, 2019 (Saturday)
What is “grace?” The theologians describe it as “the unmerited favor of God.” I would agree but would change the wording to “the undeserved mercy of God.” God demonstrated His grace by sending His only Son to save us. When Jesus was being crucified, he prayed, “Father forgive them.” That was undeserved mercy, the grace of God in action.
A boy was playing in the snow with his friends when they saw their Sunday School teacher walking by. They hid themselves, then one of the boys threw a snowball, knocking off the teacher’s hat. Later that evening, there was a knock at the door of that boy’s house. When the door was opened, there stood the teacher, with a gift for the boy. It was a rod and reel, something he had been wanting for a long time. The following Sunday in class the teacher asked, “Can anyone tell me what “grace” is? The boy answered, “A rod and reel!”
The words of the following hymn impress upon us the real meaning of God’s infinite, marvelous, wonderful grace.