Comments on: And know no shame.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:12:07 +0000

Wow, Amanda stole my exact words!! God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense is how I remember Grace. When I come across that word in scripture, I substitute “God’s Riches at Christ’s Expense”. So for example, “His GRACE is sufficient” reminds me that HIS RICHES through Christ’s Expense are sufficient. And who am I kidding, they are MORE than sufficient, right? Sometimes it’s harder to lift your head above the shame and be forgiving to yourself. I always feel like I need to earn it, or at least live in such a way that God puts a gold star by my name or something. I OFTEN struggle with grace.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:25:42 +0000

I know what you mean AB. For me, the definition of God’s Grace is this:

God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense

Now think on that for a while… it’s humbling.

By: clay

clay — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:57:18 +0000

know no shame because there’s *know* place like home.

By: kaitlyn

kaitlyn — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:00:12 +0000

You always reach to the places that cut me the deepest.

I struggle with this on a daily basis. I know my most recurrent sins, yet despite the struggle I put into changing they still come back over and over again.

Thank God for grace, but thank you for the challenge in the thought of “cheap grace”.

Our sins are washed clean in the blood of Jesus, yet I still do not feel I could look at God without shame.

You have greatly encouraged me, but you have also challenged me. Thank you.

You are in my prayers.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:40:16 +0000

Oh, sweet friend. Are you sure we weren’t cut from the same cloth?

Grace is something that I’ve struggled for so long. It is the concept that I so wish I had learned at an early age.

It’s so easy for me to extend grace to others, but to give it to myself is one of the hardest things.

Praying for you. Praying for me.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:59:09 +0000

Amen, AB. I think you nailed the definition.

And how lucky are we that HE provides the way for us to look him in the eyes with no shame? Because if we tried to clean ourselves up and make ourselves presentable by our own efforts, it would just result in one big hot mess.

This post made me want to get on my knees. Thank you.