Beyond Another Chance

We exist in a fallen condition. And sometimes, despite our best efforts, we fail. We have faults that we struggle to overcome that sometimes get the better of us. The pressures of life push us pass the breaking point.

Grace. We all need it. It is the highest form of clemency; that God would receive us to himself in spite of our shortcomings. That he would grant us another chance when we’ve failed miserably. That He would love us, in spite of what he knows about us, both present and future.

We celebrate the idea of the second chance, the ability to rise up and dust ourselves off after a fall. But, I think sometimes we sell grace short. Grace is more than just a do-over.

Grace is alternately defined as “the divine assistance and power given to man.” The same power that wipes the slate clean is the power that can enable you to live above your faults and failures. It is the hope that we do not have to be subject to the influence of our weaknesses.

Grace holds together the brokenness. Grace strengthens the weakness. Grace fills the emptiness. It enables us to live with ability that is not ours.

Sometimes, we have to exist with the brokenness; to live in spite of the weakness. But, we do not have to be defined by it.

His grace is sufficient.