Are they gained by luck or by Time? What type of Grace have you obtained in your life? What sort of Resentment you meet during your existence?
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
~ Petrarch
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
~ Petrarch
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
“This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.”
― Martin Luther
“Without forgiveness and love, you will live with resentment, bitterness, malice and strife which result in more pain. You can never love without forgiving. Forgiveness deepens your ability to love and frees you from pain.”
― Kemi Sogunle
Grace ... bring honour or credit to (someone or something) by one's attendance or participation.
Grace is a quality of moving in a smooth, relaxed, and attractive way: Mr. A has natural grace and elegance.
Resentment, or the strong and painful bitterness you feel when someone does something wrong to you, doesn’t have actual physical weight, but it feels very heavy and can last a long time. Forgiveness is one way to get rid of resentment.
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/resentment
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/grace
Grace is the quality that gives undeserved good to undeserving others. So God is gracious to provide forgiveness of sins.
Resentment is a negative emotion that envies the good that others receive, or the grace that is bestowed on others. Like most negative emotions, the one in whom resentment dwells may be harmed unless it is replaced by something more positive. Have a good day. From mobile.
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
--- Tennessee Williams
Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.
--- Alana Stewart
Resentment is unaddressed anger that you feel over an extended period. Resentment is a grudge over a past action that you have not forgiven.
Here is one of most favorite quotes:
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. ~ Reinhold Niebuhr
Grace is one of the best forms of love displayed towards someone. GOD displays the best grace towards His creation. So, the actual grace is always from Him towards the all.
Resentment is the emotion which hurt someone. It is one of the negative quality of a person displayed towards the other.
Dear Hazim Hashim Tahir,
Grace - a help and strength of God. By grace we are saved from sin and death. In addition, grace gives us the ability to become every day more and helps to resist to the end. To receive the grace of God in its entirety, it requires effort on our part.
Resentment - unjustly caused grief, humiliation, and the consequent negative emotion painted.
It includes the experience of anger to the abuser and self-pity in a situation where nothing is impossible to correct. Unlike reproach and claim that it is possible to correct the situation.
Closely connected with this notion as justice. We are offended when we deprive, it seems unfair. If we did not get anything for justice, we can feel the pain, but do not be offended.
Regards, Shafagat
I can say grace is a divine gift sometimes experienced as inspiration, enablement, ability to be calm in face of undeserved provocations, ability to endure hardship for the sake of integrity and personal principles. At other times it feels like being singled out for good luck and a smooth ride towards excellence; totally beyond one's human efforts alone. Sometimes too it feels like the very presence of God wrapping herself/himself/itself all around you in an unmistakeable manner that can fill one with a sense of peace, consolation, oneness and love. Resentment comes from inside from unacknowledged anger at real or imagined injustice. Sustained practices of self awareness and the savouring of grace can help to dispell building up of resentment
It is difficult to think of grace and resentment from my experience, but the following quotes well express the situations when these happen:
"Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life." — John Updike (Taken from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/grace.html)
"To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it." — Tacitus (Taken from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/resentment_2.html)
Dear Mr Tahir ,
This is a toughest question I can every think and I wonder if I can be honest enough !!!!
Grace - I have been graced with loving family and friends ; Good Education that has given me the ability to teach and be a "not so bad teacher" with wonderful set of students ; RG for reliving my ability to deliver what I have learned and all the people I connect here with to discuss and enrich my thought process. Of course mundane things from functional perspective .
Resentment- I have very very few (Can't disclose sorry)
Yes , they get accumulated with time and partially when luck factors OUT.
As always I try to strike a balance by looking the former (Grace) and let go of my resentment.
Traditionally, those possessing the "favor of God" were said to have grace; but I say, grace is rather the favorable response of a society toward one of its members who displays moral attributes (often, religious beliefs) of which they approve (generally favoring those who believe and act in expected ways, that is, in a "mannerly" way). Resentment is the emotion a person feels whenever a member of his society has acted in a manner which he perceives as "immoral" (or against mannerly expectations, beliefs, taboos, religious commandments, or LAWS of the community, or with alien/strange customs, that is being "outlandish" or not conforming to community standards), generally felt ESPECIALLY deeply when such immoral act(s) has caused a perceived harm or COST to that particular individual, a family member (even ancestors) OR damage to their reputation or standing in the community. Thus, I see resentment as being somewhat equivalent to moral outrage, but also inextricably intertwined with a raw desire for revenge (vendetta), which is often disguised (in public) as a demand for justice.
We have carry out our action & working environment of our life this also covers with our family & other social engagement .This is applicable to every human beings anywhere in the world .
In our life we are required to pass certain events ,occasion where in certain cases we expect unexpected result which offers us so much pleasure & happiness & we suddenly feel from our within it is nothing but the grace .
In our life we have to pass certain ancient movements where ever own member of our family is passing a very critical period of his life in the hospital & in our disturbing & morbid mood , Dr happily calls us & inform us regarding the improvement in his condition our mood gets change suddenly & from our inner word come out under the GRACE - THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOD .
In other cases from the grace we also to undergo & period of Resentment in our life. In certain cases if also comes in our office atmosphere but in quite good cases it also comes to our family relatives & friends also whereby we have to undergo due to the action of RESENTMENT which brings us mental disturbance & also unhappy movement of our time & in such cases if you have cultivated our mind in the form of FORGET &FORGIVE ,our said movement may help you to reduce the atmosphere .
This is my personal opinion
The sources of grace are few ( the almighty and few well wishers such as our parents are probably the only sources grom where we receive unconditional blessings and graces) but the sources of resentment are vast. We often face resentment from our environment (work and other).
Resp. Mr. Tahir,
Grace and resentment are states of mind. An optimist can feel the grace in any sad or tough situation while a pessimist can feel resentful even in the happy situation. So the source is neither luck nor time!
Count your graces and you will be graced more. gracefully forgive and forget the resentments and you will be graced further!
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Good Day,
“As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert
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Good Day,
“A moment of anger is a moment of resentment and madness which can burn your heart.”
― Debasish Mridha
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“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.”
― Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace
@Minati Mishra
Gracefully forgive and forget the resentments ..
@H H Tahir
Darkness cleans the slate . .clean enough for another day. .
really awesome lines!
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
"Who Really Receives God’s Grace?
by Dave Johnson
Many people claim to have received the grace of God. Many others pray to receive that grace. What does the Bible say about who really receives it and why?
Asking for God’s grace has been part of many formal prayers and ceremonies through the years. For example, during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, the following words were recited: “Who hast at this time consecrated thy servant ELIZABETH to be our Queen, that by the anointing of thy grace she may be the Defender of thy Faith and the Protector of thy Church and People.”
Most people don’t think much about such ceremonial language—they don’t really focus on what God’s grace is or when and why God gives it.
In other cases, various people have ascribed individual events in their lives to God’s intervention and grace. The first American president, George Washington, is one of those.
In the summer of 1755, Washington was a colonel under the command of British General Braddock during the French and Indian War. When Braddock’s forces marched against Fort Duquesne in July of 1755, they were surprised by the French and Indian forces and routed. General Braddock was killed, and Washington led the remaining soldiers in a retreat to Virginia.
Colonel Washington had two horses killed beneath him and counted four bullet holes in his coat when he finally arrived back in Virginia! Washington, in spite of the bullet holes found in his coat, was unhurt. He believed he had been spared by God’s grace and wrote the following to his brother, John Augustine:
“I now exist and appear in the land of the living by the miraculous care of Providence, that protected me beyond all human expectation.”
God’s grace can include His merciful intervention and direction in people’s lives. However, when the Bible speaks about God’s grace, it is generally referring to a much bigger subject—one that is eternal in nature!
What does God say about grace?
God makes it clear in the Bible that His grace is a gift. It is the very character of God’s nature, abounding and overflowing outwardly in acts of mercy, compassion and liberal giving. (For more on this, see the article on “What Is Grace?”) Grace cannot be earned by human beings.
Notice this statement in Ephesians 2:7-8: “That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.”
This point is further underscored in Romans 5:15-16: “But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification.”
Clearly grace is a gift given by God. But the question is, Does our conduct play any part in whether or not we are the recipients of His grace?
The role of repentance and forgiveness
The concepts of sin, repentance and grace are tied together closely. God’s grace, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, removes the penalty of sin. Our part in this is to repent of the sin and follow a different path.
Notice Romans 6:13-16:
“And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law [under the penalty for breaking the law] but under grace.
“What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?”
The idea that God extends His grace regardless of our conduct is not a new one, but it is contrary to God’s Word. The Bible contains repeated warnings against using grace as a license to continue in sin!Our sin subjects us to the death penalty, but we are pardoned by God’s grace when we repent and change our ways. We cannot expect to continue in sin and also continue to be the recipients of grace.
The book of Jude expresses a similar thought: “For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ” (Jude 1:4).
The idea that God extends His grace regardless of our conduct is not a new one, but it is contrary to God’s Word. The Bible contains repeated warnings against using grace as a license to continue in sin!
What about faith?
The apostle Paul summed up the relationship between grace, faith and obedience in his letter to the Ephesians. “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. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:8-10, emphasis added).
Grace is an unmerited gift from God—no one can boast or claim to have earned it. We are, however, to have good works—to walk in His ways. We also receive that grace through faith in God and Jesus Christ. To put it another way, the justification of our sins, which comes through grace, requires faith.
As Paul wrote: “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” (Romans 3:24-26).
The need for humility
God also requires His people to have humility. For example, Micah 6:8 says: “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”
On the other hand, pride is a character flaw that God hates: “These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, …” (Proverbs 6:16-17).
To receive grace, we are expected to humble ourselves, so that God can exalt us at a later time. “Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time” (1 Peter 5:5-6).
Humility is often viewed as weakness in today’s world, but God values it greatly. Furthermore, He does not grant His grace to the proud!
God’s role in our lives
Many have claimed God’s intervention in their lives, and God is certainly a merciful God who intervenes in human lives and human events to work His will. God’s grace in sparing us from the penalty of sin is a more specific concept, and it is granted for a specific purpose to those who repent and turn from sin, have faith in Him and show humility.
The apostle Paul spoke of both his desire for God’s healing of a physical malady in his life, as well as his understanding of the more important need for God’s grace.
His physical infirmity is mentioned in 2 Corinthians 12:7-9: “And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded to the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in My infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
Paul didn’t receive the intervention he sought for his physical infirmities, but he knew that he was the recipient of something much more important—the grace of God, which comforted him because he had been delivered from his sins. “Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” (Galatians 1:3-4).
If you want to receive God’s grace in your life, please read the booklet Change Your Life! and apply the biblical steps it outlines. God is ready and anxious to extend His grace to those who are called and converted. The rest is up to you!"...
Please, see the link to continue reading .....
http://lifehopeandtruth.com/change/grace/who-really-receives-gods-grace/
What are Grace and Resentment?
To me grace is something good I received that I don't deserve for it / unworthy of getting it e.g. grace from God, grace from unexpected friend during time of need etc. i.e. it is not the favor returning. Resentment is a terrible feeling of dissatisfaction when something bad occurred to a person which is not explicitly expressed into action or behavior.
‘Grace is the free, undeserved goodness and favor of God to mankind’
-Matthew Henry
‘Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it’s not the person we’re resenting-it’s us’
-Alana Stewart
The second quote (by Alana Stewart) has been first mentioned by Prof. Kundu.
Grace enables someone to release from problems such as anger / insolvency / damage / health etc., where the powerful entity offers to forgive and cleanses the slate to normalcy / upgrade.
Resentment is a control with anger which blocks further action as it affects the liberal thinking and engulfs the mind.
"Grace is but Glory begun, and Glory is but Grace perfected."
- Jonathan Edwards
Dear Colleagues,
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The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'
----- Max Lucado
Definition of grace
http://www.brainyquote.com/words/gr/grace170109.html
Dear Hazim,
I suppose both qualities are needed experiences in our lives. The key thing is what action we employ after experiencing them (grace, resentment). This is related to our maturity.
Dear Colleagues,
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For me, every hour is grace.
----- Elie Wiesel
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”
― Mark Twain
Dear all
Resentment refers to the mental process of repetitively replaying a feeling, and the events leading up to it, that goads or angers us. We don't replay a cool litany of facts in resentment; we re-experience and relive them in ways that affect us emotionally, physiologically, and spiritually in very destructive ways.
Graces is skills that are needed for behaving in a polite way in social situations.
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A gracious person relates to other people and by wanting them to enter into the same blessed experience as they themselves have received and convey through their outlook and disposition.
https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/worshipandmusic/sermon-archive/graciousness
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Gratitude is one of the chief graces of human existence and is crowned in heaven with a consciousness of unity.
---- Ernest Holmes
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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
---- Nelson Mandela
Hello Hazin and Colleagues - I end my thesis with these words of Santa Teresa of Avila and I felt like sharing them here as well:
It is one grace that our Lord gives grace; it is another grace to understand what grace and what a gift it is; and it is another and further grace to the power to describe and explain it to others (Saint Teresa)
With a (compassionate) smile - Tina
Hi Tina and Colleagues,
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well-done Tina, I am so glad that you had finished your thesis.
Thanks God for all the graces that HE has given us in our life.
Dear Tina, Hazim and Colleagues,
Have a nice day,
Bravo Tina, keep on walking.
'God's mercy and grace give me hope, for myself, and for our world'
-Billy Graham
A quote from our great poet, Rumi:
"Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.”
- Rumi
What is grace? Is an interesting question that could be investigated across cultures. In this regard very important comparative data can be obtained.
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“Forgiveness is the ultimate expression of God's unique beauty.”
― Matt Chandler
Hi
grace
ɡreɪs/
noun
1.
smoothness and elegance of movement.
"she moved through the water with effortless grace"
synonyms: elegance, stylishness, poise, finesse, charm; More
2.
courteous good will.
"he had the good grace to apologize to her afterwards"
synonyms: courtesy, courteousness, politeness, manners, good manners, mannerliness, civility, decorum, decency, propriety, breeding, respect, respectfulness; More
verb
1.
bring honour or credit to (someone or something) by one's attendance or participation.
"he is one of the best players ever to have graced the game"
synonyms: dignify, distinguish, add distinction to, add dignity to, honour, bestow honour on, favour, enhance, add lustre to, magnify, ennoble, glorify, elevate, make lofty, aggrandize, upgrade
"the occasion was graced by the presence of Lady Thomson"
resentment
rɪˈzɛntm(ə)nt/Submit
noun
bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.
"his resentment at being demoted"
synonyms: bitterness, indignation, irritation, pique, displeasure, dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, discontentment, discontent, resentfulness, bad feelings, hard feelings, ill feelings, acrimony, rancour, animosity, hostility, jaundice, antipathy, antagonism, enmity, hatred, hate; envy, jealousy, malice, ill will; grudge, grievance, a chip on one's shoulder; literaryire
"the proposal aroused deep resentment among many party members"
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Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do.
---- Peter McWilliams
Meaning of" grace" may be of a special interest if investigated across cultures.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
---- Petrarch
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Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people... Now I am trying in my own small way to pipe the tune of grace. I do so because I know, more surely than I know anything, that any pang of healing or forgiveness or goodness I have ever felt comes solely from the grace of God.
---- Philip Yancey
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True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
----- Bill W.
“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ”
― Carrie Fisher
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The grace of God exalts a man without inflating him, and humbles a man without debasing him.
---- Charles Hodge
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We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it.
----- Rick Warren
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
---- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God’s favor.”
—Dwight L. Moody
“Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.”
― Matt Chandler, The Explicit Gospel
What causes the unhappiness that underlies resentment?
---What we feel people did to us that was unnecessarily mean, hurtful, and thoughtless.
---What people in our lives did not do for us that we feel they should have done.
---When we feel the people in our lives have not done enough for us.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-therapist-is-in/201103/10-steps-letting-go-resentment
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
---- Dallas Willard
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Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.
----- Timothy Keller
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Gracefulness is a correct life: sensuality which contemplates and forms itself.
--- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.
---- Karl Barth
Agree , Mr Tahir , it is so subtle , only the sensitive can find it (experience speaks ) !!!
Dear Colleagues,
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Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
----- John Updike
Dear Colleagues,
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Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.
---- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
--- Henri Frederic Amiel
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
---Dale Carnegie
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The hours and days you spend being annoyed or frustrated are times when you deny yourself access to life's best possibilities. When you live in anger and resentment, you cut yourself off from life's goodness.
----- Ralph Marston
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“When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.”
― Patricia Briggs, When Demons Walk
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"Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part."
- Philip Yancey
I really like this Nelson Mandela thought:
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”
― Mark Twain
“When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.”
― Patricia Briggs
They are diametrically opposite. We should be graceful in accepting whatever befalls on us.
Ex: Grace
We need to courteously or elegantly accept our age and related ailments.
Ex: resentment
We should not resent being aged and marred by related ailments
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Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals.
----- David A. Bednar
Grace is a habitual gift, a stable and supernatural disposition that perfects the soul itself to enable it to live with God, to act by His love .
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
---- John Updike
Dear Hazim,
The grace comes from the heaven, the resentment of a human heart which does not forgive the received offenses. The grace comes to the soul for the forgiveness of our personal sins.
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.
---- Bradley Whitford
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