I am going over to pray at CFC Middleton this morning. I have missed a few Thursdays for various reasons, and I don’t want to miss this one. Praying with others always reminds me of the grace of God that brought us all together as His children. I pray with people I would otherwise never know.
A few years ago, a beloved family at The Way Assembly of God gave me a mug for my birthday that I absolutely adore. Inscribed on that mug are two words, “Grace Wins.”
I grew up in a denomination that had the rite of confirmation. Confirmation was a public acknowledgement of both adulthood and a “confirmation” of the vows taken by my godparents at my infant baptism. They acknowledged faith and rejected the work of the devil for me as a baby. At confirmation I acknowledged those vows as an adult (I was 12).
In this rite of confirmation, I was also to choose an additional name to add to my baptismal name of Teresa Kay. I chose the name of my sponsor. Her name was Grace. So now, at least according to that denomination, I am Teresa Kay Grace. Grace Wins!
I had no idea when I chose the name Grace, how much grace would mean to me. God took me to a small church in the little town of Loomis, California, a few years after I was saved. The pastor was a preacher of grace. He taught me well. I am now a preacher (even if retired) of grace.
I know in my heart that we are born again by the power of God’s grace, given in Christ Jesus. We live every day in the power of God’s grace, given in Christ Jesus. And one day when we stand before the LORD our GOD our MAKER, we will be there by the power of God’s grace, given in Christ Jesus. Yes, Grace Wins!
Zechariah 4:6-7: This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” Says the LORD of hosts. “Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
