Grace and Gratitude

When it comes to finding the grace to be grateful, we don’t have to plead for it, beg for it, or do penance to be worthy of it. No. God’s grace—his love in action—is not a favor for which we must implore; it is a gift we are invited to enjoy. All he asks is that we humble ourselves (James 4:6) and make Jesus Christ the focus, rather than our problems.

God wants us to have a thankful heart in a world of hurt. We don’t need to ask God to make his grace sufficient for us; he has already assured us that whatever the hardship, there is an equal and compensating amount of grace ready and available for the taking. Grace has been given and it only remains for us to receive it. How wide and deep and high and long the promise of that grace really is! It is sufficient.

So whatever your particular heartache or headache, approach the throne of grace with confidence so that you may find grace to help you in your time of need. Drink deep of it. It’s yours. And it’s enough to fill your heart with gratitude.

Happiness

God designed the human machine to run on himself. He himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other…. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

—C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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