Life and the Purpose of Grace
Life has a way of correcting our path. It can be hard not to stand in the way of life's correction upon a friend or loved on. The more I contemplate our existence the more I realize that Heaven and hell are inside of us where all the conflict that shapes us takes place. Life is the refiner’s fire. Only we ourselves can walk through this fire called life. Nobody can walk through the fire on our behalf. No one else can fully understand our unique conflict. Others can love us, comfort us, judge us or mock us as we face our inner conflict. It is easy to put the strain of another’s inner war upon our own shoulders, but that is not being fair to our self. Grace is not taking another’s inner conflict personally. Grace is not taking how that inner conflict causes them to treat us personally. Grace is loving them even when they become our enemy.
