A Place of Grace V
This past Friday I went to a women's event hosted by a church in Selkirk. Shauna, one of the women who gave a talk during the evening, shared something that she had learned reading Ann Voskamp's book, One Thousand Gifts. In my opinion, Shauna described one of the essential aspects of living in a place of grace so I thought I would share it with you all as my blog this week. It's the relationship between grace and thanksgiving.
The Greek word used in the NT for thanksgiving is eucharisteo. Note what word is found in the middle of that verse: charis - the Greek word for grace. Shauna encouraged us to receive the grace in a situation and that this would then allow us to enter into thanksgiving.
I thought it was a beautiful picture of living in a place of grace. This enables us to"give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thes. 5:18). Since God's grace is presently being extended to us (2 Corinthians 6:2), we can always look for the grace in the moment and then be thankful for the gifts given.
Just thought I'd pass this onto you as you might want to try it. I suspect God may transform your life through this simple practice.
The Greek word used in the NT for thanksgiving is eucharisteo. Note what word is found in the middle of that verse: charis - the Greek word for grace. Shauna encouraged us to receive the grace in a situation and that this would then allow us to enter into thanksgiving.
I thought it was a beautiful picture of living in a place of grace. This enables us to"give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thes. 5:18). Since God's grace is presently being extended to us (2 Corinthians 6:2), we can always look for the grace in the moment and then be thankful for the gifts given.
Just thought I'd pass this onto you as you might want to try it. I suspect God may transform your life through this simple practice.
This is a really helpful post, Tracy. Thanks!
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