Beginnings

"Sola Gratia" - a Latin phrase meaning "by grace alone"- a reference to Ephesians 2: 8 - 9, where the Apostle Paul tells this, " For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." Thank God for such a gift - in reviewing my own life and character, I see what I have been in the past and have the potential to be if left to my own devices. I could never measure up to God's standard and no works would ever be sufficient to overcome the fundamental flaws in my character. Only grace, "God's unmerited favor" can do that. I thank God that He has given me a gift I absolutely do not deserve instead of what I do.....