I just finished reading Philip Yancey’s book “What’s So Amazing About Grace.” I have to agree that the only thing the church can offer the world, that they don’t already have, is grace. I have been wondering what life would look like if I was able to truly live by the same grace that I have experienced through Jesus.

Dallas Willard asked the question in “The Divine conspiracy” (I believe that was the book), Why don’t we do what Jesus says? I’ve been thinking about this question in relation to Jesus “new” commandment to “love one another as I have loved you.” To love as Jesus loved, I believe, is the most difficult thing I have ever tried to do. Perhaps, it is really the only commandment that I need to follow. Jesus has loved graciously, generously and sacrificially.

If I can get to the place of loving like Jesus loved, I believe my life would be grace-filled. I also believe that Jesus love would shine through everything that I did. I wonder what the church would look like (and the world) if those within the church decided that the only thing we have to offer is God’s grace through Jesus Christ and therefore decided to love as Jesus loved.

– Dave.