Graded With Grace

With Easter upon us, we not only need to be thankful for what Jesus did for us but also we need to be reminded of His grace for without it, what Jesus did on the cross will be for nothing.

God Bless.

Graded with Grace

My son’s bright eyes sparkled with excitement as he showed me a paper he had brought home from school. It was a math test, marked with a red star and a grade of 100 percent. As we looked at the exam, he said he had three questions left to answer when the teacher said time was up. Puzzled, I asked how he could have received a perfect score. He replied, “My teacher gave me grace. She let me finish the test although I had run out of time.” As my son and I discussed the meaning of grace, I pointed out that God has given us more than we deserve through Christ. We deserve death because of our sin (Romans 3:23). Yet, “while we were still sinners” Christ died for us (5:8). Jesus—sinless and holy—gave up His life so we could escape the penalty for our sin and one day live forever in heaven. Eternal life is a gift from God. It’s not something we earn by working for it. We are saved by God’s grace, through faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:8–9).

—Jennifer Benson Schuldt Grace and mercy are unearned blessings.