It’s difficult to speak of God’s mercy without including God’s grace. We cannot earn it and we cannot buy it. Grace is God’s kindness/favor towards us regardless of our worthlessness or what we truly deserve. It is His act of forgiveness, and love. God’s grace and mercy is an aspect of His love where He helps everyone that is in need or in trouble. It is God’s grace and mercy that moves effectively and efficiently on our behalf regardless of our selfishness, laziness, hatred, etc. It holds back the punishment that is truly due to us. Personally, when I look at my situation I can't help but tell the Lord thank you
because I should have been gone a long time ago, I should have been cut off from His goodness but, His grace and His mercy has been gifted to me; for this I am grateful.
It was God’s grace that turned Paul’s life around completely. God’s grace is God’s divine, eternal gift of salvation for every believer called into his church. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast". Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) Always thank God because of his grace.
I encourage you to take a moment and look around and start counting your blessings. Trust me, this is a good thing. Instantly you will realize that our blessings are truly beyond our comprehension. I mean come on, who can really, truly number them all or even keep track of what the Lord has done for each and every one of us? When I think of the goodness of Jesus and all He has done for me; my soul cries out HALLELUJAH! I thank God for His grace and mercy!
Written by Evangelist Bernice Harley