The basic definition of grace is: God’s gift or a good thing which is given but not deserved. If you take this definition and look at a couple different areas such as “God’s gift” and “good things”, then there are a couple of examples that come to mind. The first is Christ and the second are Madison and Cole.

First, Christ is one example of God’s grace in that there needed to be a perfect sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin. The scripture reads: [In fact] under the Law almost everything is purified by means of blood, and without the shedding of blood there is neither release from sin and its guilt nor the remission of the due and merited punishment for sins (Heb. 9:22 Amp). Another is In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace (Eph. 1:7-8 NASB). We see God’s gift in John 3:16 God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die (CEV). Paul preached to the Romans that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23 HCSB). The reason that we need this grace or this gift is because of who we are. Isaiah said For we have all become like one who is unclean [ceremonially, like a leper], and all our righteousness (our best deeds of rightness and justice) is like filthy rags or a polluted garment; we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away [far from God's favor, hurrying us toward destruction] (64:6 Amp). Finally the apostle Paul mentioned throughout his writings of the war that takes place between the sinful nature and the Spirit. God’s grace is a wonderful attribute.

Second are my children and this will not tale as long as what you just read. I try to use the moments I have with them as “teaching moments”. Examples could be teaching them when it is polite to use words like thank you, no thank you, etc; also when it comes to punishment. There are times when repeating the same thing wears out and something physical must happen that will encourage them to stop whatever un-wanted behavior is occurring. But, there have been a few times when one or the other, by themselves, are walking with me and they know what is about to happen and then I stop and talk with them and explain to them about grace. Grace being that gift or a good thing which is given but not deserved. They deserve more than what they are getting, but sometimes grace abounds more…The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more (Romans 5:20 NASB).