laced with Grace

i used a paper range called "Laced with Grace" to make this layout. i am not sure if the Glitz Girls who designed the range meant it as i, as a "Graced" person, take it. fully clothed - not just "laced" by the Grace of Jesus Christ. and how blessed i am to be clothed in that Grace!! we can do nothing to deserve Grace. i suppose because it costs us nothing, is also the reason most people have little or no respect for it. people are like that. easy come, easy go. if they did not work for it, or have to spend their hard earned money on something, they just don't take care of it. unfortunately Grace is not like a toy a child can discard after playing with it for a day or two, or an unwanted gift that gets thrown out or given away. if you don't handle Grace with care, you will forfeit it.............. i know that there are people who say that you can never forfeit God's Grace once you have accepted it. but, if you have accepted it, surely you will take care of it? surely you will guard it, nurture it, be thankful, share it and hold it as sacred? not diminish the meaning of it, by making it cheap, reducing it to "part time" Grace - a soft landing in emergencies? a false sense of security? God says: "BE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY". can we just eat, drink, blaspheme, swear, steal, worhip false gods ( ie money, tv, posessions, other people, our jobs, our children, husbands, wives) etc and think it will make no difference, as we have received Grace? the Bible is very clear about this - we should NOT sin more to increase Grace - BECAUSE we have received Grace, we should sin LESS. Grace might not have cost any of us anything, but it cost God dearly. if you think for one second that it was a walk in the park for Jesus to be crucified - think again. imagine if you would want your son or daughter crucified. if you would be willing to give them for the sins of vile, despicable humans who care nothing for anyone but themselves? would you be willing? think about that question, and think again if you want to handle Grace so recklessly............... God will not be mocked. Yes, He is patient, kind and enduring. But He is also a God of reckoning. He does not want any to be lost, but it is also clear that the hearts of man are hard, and some will stay hard, and miss out on Grace. it is your choice. accept it or reject it. but, if you accept it, make sure that you LIVE it. full time. completely "laced with Grace.............."