In August I decided on a whim to create a blog, I had no real reason for it, no specific purpose or ultimate goal. So when one of the first questions popped up asking me to give a title to my blog, I really had no idea what to choose. I picked the first phrase that came to my mind. Weeks later I thought of better names, after the fact of course, like always. But when the title “Saving Grace” occurred to me I knew I finally had it right.
Saving Grace has multiple meanings for me. First of all, the obvious one, God’s saving grace.
“You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of great love for us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved – and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God – not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before-hand to be our way of life.” ~EPHESIANS 2:1-10
It is through God’s grace that I am saved. Through his love that I am alive today. Nothing is more important that this.
Second, my middle name is Grace. And since this blog has developed into me, I find it appropriate that my name be in the title.
Finally, I like a song called “Saving Grace” which kind of epitomizes my whole idea here:
She had her father's blue eyes
He left home before she arrived
Mama named her Grace
Just getting by on their own
When Grace was 15 she ran from home one December day
Grace is lost and alone in a world as cold as stone
God is counting on us to reach her with His love
It's all about saving grace
All about living love
Being Jesus to those he came to save
Sharing life and giving our own away
It's all about serving God
All about saving Grace
She'd never darken the door of any church
She would say, "what for... No one there would care for me"
We have to go where she lives
Simply show her who Jesus is
Watch Him set her free
For grace flows down from above and faith requires a selfless love
For a world that's dying to see the hope in you in me
It's all about saving grace
All about living love
Being Jesus to those he came to save
Sharing life and giving our own away
It's all about serving God
All about saving Grace
There are countless millions just like Grace
Who need a merciful embrace
They won't believe our God is real
Until they feel his touch
It's all about saving grace
All about living love
Being Jesus to those he came to save
Sharing life and giving our own away
It's all about serving God
All about saving Grace
This is what it’s all about. Saving grace and living love, acting as a disciple of Jesus to the world and helping humanity, maintaining an outward focus of love and caring for others, and serving God with all your heart, mind, and soul.
