Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
During times when the sky is blue and the water is clear everything may seem to be grace, but what about the times when the sky is dark and the water is cloudy? St. Paul says during these times grace also abounds, “we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” (Romans 5:3-5)
God, through the passion and resurrection of his son Jesus, shows us his desire to convert suffering into love. We may not see or understand God’s grace that is present even in the darkest of times but we know, through faith, that even our times of suffering are moments of God’s loving grace. The Christian lives in the firm hope that when we get to heaven we will see and understand these unseen moments of God’s grace in our lives. As St. Paul writes, “At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.” (I Corinthians 13:12)
So the Christian, in both good times and bad, trusts in God and gives him praise knowing that with God “everything is grace”.
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