Grace conversations

Starting now, and for eternity, the conversation is about God's incomparable grace that he lavished on us in and through Jesus Christ. God has it in mind to DISPLAY this grace (Eph. 2:7).

The conversation has many different entry points and excludes no one as we shall see in the blogs ahead.

Today we start with the concept that we are God's poem by his grace. He has saved us and raised us up and is crafting a unique and beautiful poem through our life. Eph 2:10 uses the word "workmanship". We are his crafting, or Poem.

Be sure today that there is nothing in your story, or Poem, that God is not able to touch with his grace and make it part of the heavenly conversation for time and eternity. Reflect today on the grace you can see in your Poem.

Lavish

In Ephesians we are told of the lavish grace of God that he has poured out on us. In this Christmas season I want to explore that a bit.

First, let's look at the word lavish. A synonym is prodigal. You have heard of the prodigal son? He wasted his inheritance, and was thus "prodigal" ( it wasn't b/ c he was lost). Well, this is the "prodigal" Father! He is so GENEROUS with his kindness and love, that it borders on crazy wasteful.

Another way to think of "lavish" is the word "downpour". Have you ever been caught in a torrential rain? Our family got caught once in a memorable spot - London Tower. The rain came down furiously and fantastically, providing forever a visual image of our Prodigal Father.

In the next several days, I will be sharing gifts of God's grace. It is multi-dimensional and amazing. Each day will show another angle on God's goodness.