Grace. Amazing grace.

It is such a sweet sound, isn’t it? As I was sitting in the special needs room at Casitas Kennedy in Honduras on Monday, this word kept ringing in my head and my heart.

I have known and used this word for most of my life, and up until Monday I thought I knew exactly what it meant. Grace Fellowship is my home church. It is a place filled with believers who continually pray and support me. I have been “justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

As I was pondering all the grace in my life, I realized that I was always on the receiving end. In fact, I have come to expect grace. I almost demand it, as if it is something I deserve. But that’s not grace at all, is it?

“For grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your doing; it is a gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)

While spending time with these kids, God’s grace has become so tangible to me. I can show and give grace because Christ has bestowed grace upon such an unworthy sinner—myself.

God has also been so gracious in giving us his holy Word. While here, the Bible has really come to life, and my time in the word has been so much sweeter. I am reading “The pursuit of God” by A. W. Tozer. In it he writes, “If you would follow to know the Lord, come at once to the open Bible expecting it to speak to you. Do not come with the notion that it is a thing which you may push around at your convenience. It is more than a thing; it is a voice, a word, the very Word of the living God.”

May his Word and his grace be extended to all the nations.

“For it all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving to the glory of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:15

Caitlin Haynes is a Session One Project Go Session One intern from Auburn, Ala. She is serving with Buckner in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Keep up with the Buckner Project Go volunteers at http://blog.itsyourmission.com/.

Prayers of the Week:
-God, may your word and grace extend to all nations.
-God, make us mindful of the abundance of your grace we enjoy in our lives. Help us to live out our faith by treating others with grace, too.  

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