What
is grace? Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give
in return. Grace is love coming at you that has nothing to do with you.
Grace is being loved when you are unlovable. It is being loved when you
are the opposite of loveable.
Grace is a love that has nothing to
do with you, the beloved. It has everything and only to do with the
lover. Grace is irrational in the sense that
it has nothing to do with weights and measures. It has nothing to do
with my intrinsic qualities or so-called “gifts” (whatever they may be).
It reflects a decision on the part of the giver, the one who loves, in
relation to the receiver, the one who is loved, that negates any
qualification the receiver may personally hold.
Grace is one-way love.
Paul Zahl
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