Grace and Peace

Grace and Peace- we hear these words all the time. My question is, how often do I stop to think about what they mean and how they can impact my daily life. I think they have become just words to me. They have lost their meaning. My devotional this morning brought them back up for me to focus on and remember how powerful those words can be.

Grace- "favor, loving-kindness, goodwill". God's grace gets us through anything we set out to do. It carries us. Hid grace in our lives means we are forgiven, loved, and blessed, and God wants everyone to have that grace, no just some. Grace has been an important word to me for many years. It's something undeserved and unattainable on our own. We cannot receive it or give it without God. Grace comes from Him and nowhere else. But with Him, we can have that Grace and we can show that Grace to others.

Peace- "a tranquil state, quietness, and rest". This word hit home to me today. We need peace so badly. True peace comes from Him. "Receiving God's peace gives us a quiet, tranquil, fearless heart full of confidence, assurance, and rest in God." My how we need this. I need this. Peace starts from within. My hope for today and for the foreseeable future is that I continue to have Grace and Peace from God. Every second of every day. I know it will take a lot of restarts, but it is so necessary. May everyone feel God's Grace and Peace on them in a time where it seems like there is none.

The quotations are from my morning devotional from the Bible app. "21 Days of Grace for the Pace"