Amazing...isn't it?

In Ephesians 2:8-9, it state it was purely by grace, by the amazing grace of God, we are called into the kingdom of God, and finally to understand God's grace, is not to earn it, but to response to the grace that was shown.

We have received grace so that we can response to God in his grace...if God's grace could be earn in any sense, then God's grace would not be grace...Thank you for the amazing grace, the lesson learnt during my dad's wake...painful, but needful and grateful for what has happen as i recall the whole journey, it was grace, that we know of a God so high that is found at the cross. Amazing! Unbelievable! Shocking yet so simple.

Thank you, O Lord that i do not need to do anything more to earn your grace especially in times of studying, so many backlogs, the readings is definitely beyond me, the essays it seems never ending...but it was this grace, that my heart response in grace and not taking God's grace for granted. Momentum is the still the word in this season, to have the consistency in all that i do, teach me O Lord, to response in God's grace and not taking God's grace for granted, O Lord!

William Wilberforce, an English that fought against the use of African slavery during his time. It was this movie that struck my heart and the meaning of grace. Brought up as a boy, taught by John Newton - a priest (i think), who wrote the amazing grace that we all know of! a song of sheer grace by God, if not for this, no one could stand in the presence of God and let alone enter his kingdom. Wilberforce, a man who is very sharp with his words, passionate about one thing - to fight against slavery, one who challenge the imperial courts to lift up the rights of slavery that the English and French are enjoying. Many African died on their way due to the conditions of the ship where ladies are rapes for the pleasure of man, where no medicine was given, the sick and weak are thrown overboard, a real test of survival in a place where man could not survive.

Wilberforce, felt the sense of calling to do what God's will for him as he sees vision of people trapped in chains, pleading for mercy and restoration of freedom! He fought countless times, each time with stronger and sharper points to free the man of Africa, but each time he lost badly. badly he came down, harder each time, more pain than the one fall earlier. In the movie, "Amazing grace", i do not know how true it is, but he had a wife that fuels his passion, a woman that stood by him when all chips are gone, a word from the wise lady, go for it, Wilberforce. It did great lifting for him, to know that his wife knows his calling, his passion, believe in what he would die for.

because of this, the rest is history, it was definitely a defining moment for him, to sleep in peace. Few would know of his history and what he did, a man who is passionate about the word - freedom. only when one understood the word - grace, would know the word - freedom! this inspire John Newton, a man would understood the meaning of these words in its totality as he wrote the inspiration song, Amazing Grace.

Christ's death on the cross, was full of grace and yet it was where all believers found freedom in this grace, no longer bound by the Law, but all the chains of Law was totally fulfill by the blood of Christ.

Amazing... Isn't it?