TO EXTEND GRACE

More than difficult

when you’re hurting,

when you’ve been

slighted,

alienated,

disregarded,

overlooked,

rejected.  

 

So hard because

extending grace

is what forgiveness is.

 

Grace’s definition:

unmerited favor.

 

Unmerited.

 

Favor.

 

What makes this more problematic:

If we are ever going to be able to extend

unmerited favor

to someone else,

we’ll need to

extend it

to

ourselves

first.