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When we speak of God's grace, we mean all the
good gifts we enjoy freely in life. There are so
many. We could spend a lifetime celebrating
them: blackberries, buttercups, moonlight,
salamanders, etc. A more summary approach is
to affirm that life itself is the fundamental gift,
with all its delights. For us, the gift of life includes
the wondrous gift of being human, finding
ourselves plopped down in the midst of the larger
gift of creation. That is the bedrock of grace—
creation, life, human being. As humans, we are
given a unique place in the created order. The
creation stories in Genesis are ways of celebrating
this original grace. In the stories, God pronounces
all creation, including humankind, very good, that
is, full of grace.
We also use the word grace to mean the
secondary gifts we perceive in the skill and
intelligence of creatures. The gospel says the boy
Jesus grew in grace and favor, meaning he began
to exhibit his unique personality and potential to
contribute to his community. We speak of the
beauty of a lion or a dancer, saying they exude an
animal grace, discerned in the vitality and fluidity
of their movement. When we use the word
graceful to describe a creature, it's because the
creature is being expressive of its God-given self.
There is another way of speaking about grace
that is more about redemption than about
creation. Whereas God pronounced original grace,
the other side of the story is when we head off on
our own, ignoring the Giver. This headstrong
straying we have called original sin, meaning our
freedom to choose the not so good, to turn aside
from original grace. Ironically, this freedom is
itself the most unique grace given humankind by
God, the capacity to choose our own way, which
must necessarily entail the possibility of choosing
poorly. Because we have not always chosen the
most graceful path, we have ended up in some
miserable, blind alleys along the way. When we
grasp our predicament and call for the help we
had previously spurned, amazing grace comes to
the rescue.
As in the beloved old hymn, the amazing
kind of grace is God's gift of redemption,
the grace which prompts us to repent,
causing us to think again when we find
ourselves in a bad way, and which prompts
us to return, putting us back on a more
godly path. This turning and returning we call
conversion. As another simple hymn says,
conversion is turning, turning, til we come round
right. When we forget grace and our need of it,
amazing grace prompts our memory and then
upholds our will, our intention to right our lives, to
make amends. The process of continual
conversion is the grace most associated with the
Holy Spirit. It is also called sanctifying grace. The
action of this kind of grace is summarized as
repentance, confession, and amendment of life.
We rely on grace to make us whole, personally
and communally, over time.

I came back from church today and was relaxing while this question came to mind,is there any difference between war and battle? From my own perspective, I think definitely there is and I would like to share it, positive contributions are welcomed.A battle is a combat between two or more armed forces. It is more commonly a physical alternation between two or more armies. War is more of a strategic altercation between two or more entities, such as countries, nations etc. Battles are between soldiers while war is between countries or nations. Battles can be won or lost but it does not determine the end of a war. Battles are for a short time while war is lengthy

Due to the nature of my profession, Geology which is actually a visual science that deals much with the physical world, I'v had the opportunity to live in all the major regions for a considerable amount of time during which I'v been able to get acustomed with various culture,tradition,and most especially food atributed to each regions.Something that strike me is the discrepancy in the preference for food among the different regions and also the different skills for each regions when it comes to the preparation of food, without sentiment I still respect and rate my tribe, yoruba high for their various delicacies. But the stark truth and the question that comes to my mind is Who really cook best, among the three major tribes?? Yorubas, Ibos and Hausas??

I was going through the daily papers today and something came to mind, I discovered I did'nt come across any story relating to the much recently publicised face off btween the Rivers state governor Hon rotimi chibuike amaech and the president gooluck jonathan. So I was wondering if both parties involved in the mistunderstanding have decided to let sleeping dog lies

I tire o my brother, aristotle self get him own happy day

I tire o my brother, I no knw say u sef see am

Wot do u mean u dnt want to commit sin by abortion, were u not commiting sin when u were dating and having premarital sex wit a sugar daddy when u had ur fiancee?? Hypocrites

Fool

Dey chop hin yansh wit koboko make I dey chop ur yansh wit pankere

Law of karma, the curse awolowo placed on him came to reality.

U'r in for it

Season one

Una no get work?

Flaunting blackbery phones

Should have been Glo if they have not changed from 3G to 1G

Money is the answer to all

Geology is a nice course