tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685165.post109658052094804943..comments2023-03-25T05:45:56.990-05:00Comments on unclimber: Amazing GraceUnclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401889806873335827noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685165.post-1097250544688147872004-10-08T10:49:00.000-05:002004-10-08T10:49:00.000-05:00Accept grace? Yes, hard for lots of people. In a...Accept grace? Yes, hard for lots of people. In a Great Books forum a man said "nobody ever gave me anything". What sheer nonsense! He thought he had earned the right to breathe. Every breath is by God's grace; when he/she withholds it, we die.<br /><br />We find grace hard to accept because we're proud. We think we've earned our place in life, and those folks at the Salvation Army are just shiftless-- not like us. As you go through life, your pride gets knocked down, bit by bit.<br /><br />Internalize grace? Well that's a journey of a thousand miles.<br />Many years ago I told a friend that I wanted to be a minister. He looked at me for a moment, then said, "well a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." So that's all we can do, take a step. (I figure I've walked maybe a few yards by now.)<br /><br />If you can believe that God loves you, then you begin to love yourself-- not in the proud way, but as a beloved child of God. Then you find you can love other people. Every little kindness is a step along the way, like giving a cup of cold water.<br /><br />It is hard. It's hard to give up our position of fancied superiority, and realize that God loves every one of us. Internalizing grace means learning to love people.Larry Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685165.post-1097203337722513892004-10-07T21:42:00.000-05:002004-10-07T21:42:00.000-05:00I was at the same forum, as you know, and realized...I was at the same forum, as you know, and realized that is the ultimate question or need that I have been unconsciuosly searching for and if you figure out what it actualy is and how to open yourself up, please let me know. the closest I get to itis in churchwhen I forst arrive and say a prayer. I truly believe I feel th holy sprit and feel so incredibly blessed. _J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com