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Love
Energized By Grace
Love
is the action of grace. Grace is the activator of love. Love makes grace
real, tangible, visible. Grace makes love happen. It is the power--the
spiritual Diehard (TM) battery--that gives energy to loving actions. Through
love, God administers grace into our lives; and through our lives, conveys
His grace to others. A grace-filled life is a life overflowing with love. A life denied or rejecting grace
is filled with bitterness, sorrow, regret, despair, and anger. It is a
life filled with words and acts of violence and hatred toward the self
and toward others. It is a life crippled with binding guilt and self-loathing;
a life cowered in darkness and covered in rags, instead of living in light
and clothed with righteousness. The more we comprehend the extent
of God’s grace and the power of God’s grace in us and toward us, the more
we will respond with love. It’s an irresistible reaction. Awareness and
acceptance of grace brings the application and living out of love. Through grace denied we are exposed
in sin--tormented. Where there is no love, no patience, no caring, no forgiveness,
there is no grace. Through grace received we are hidden in Christ--protected.
In the richness of grace the Spirit’s fruit flourishes and love cannot
be restrained. Glory!
And God is able to make all
grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that
you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8, NIV)
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