"And from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace."
This has been my favorite verse for a while and will probably continue to be my favorite (although I don't know for how long). I'm not sure how many times I had read/heard this verse before it really struck me. I am completely blown away by His grace. I can not explain how overwhelmed I feel as I think of Jesus, leaving his throne and then living a perfect, holy life, and choosing to separate himself from the Father, bearing the wrath that is due me, and still three days later- alive(!), giving me hope of life myself. Something I remind myself of everyday. His grace doesn't end there. Each and every breath I take, the life growing inside of me at this moment, our home, the flowers on my table, the light shining from the kitchen ceiling, the gloomy day it is outside. All gifts of God. All His grace. He overwhelms me.
Rays. I love the sunshine. I love to feel it shine on me, on my face and body bringing warmth, not to mention the brightness it gives. In the mornings, one of the first things that I do is open our big plantation style shutters to let that bright sunshine in our home. I love to see the rays of light shining in and lighting everything up, creating shadows that dance on our floor. (My husband will testify to this, as he is not a morning person and had prefer it be dark in our house 24/7). I just can't get enough of it. Because I enjoy the sunshine so much it is easy for me to see it as His grace, another gift.
His grace shines down on me in rays = GRACE RAYS
