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Do you ever find yourself, in the face of another's failure or misfortune, repeating the old aphorism, "There, but for the grace of God, go I"?
If we don't often say these words, or express the sentiment in other words, it means something is missing in our spirituality. For one thing, it may reveal underdeveloped humility as we judge others inferior by our own self-ascribed success. And if we deem ourselves superior because of our own nature or by our own accomplishments, it shows we do not live in the joyful state of gratitude to God.
But I believe that every faithful person, if we look closely, can find in ourselves some gift, quality, virtue, or sign of growth that would be utterly different if not absent if not for our faith relationship with the living God. That difference between who we might have been and who we are or yet shall be, could not exist "but for the grace of God." It is the Biblical distinction between being dead in our sin or alive to God in Christ for good works. That difference is our share in being raised with Jesus on Easter Day.
Easter bring us a new awareness of how the grace of God brightens our lives!
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