For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.

Ephesians 2:8

My niece, Grace, married Christian earlier this year. The pastor centered his message on the fact that without grace, we couldn’t be Christians. Pretty much every story in the Old Testament has a similar plot line. God lavishes humans with abundant grace and provisions; they soon forget that God is the One who provides for them, and they fall away from Him. They struggle until they realize their need for God and repent, and He, in His great love, saves them again and again. As we celebrate this Easter season, the plot finally has a mind-blowing twist. God Himself is the sacrifice for our sin cycle, and it is broken once and for all. We are free to live in the grace that Jesus won for us.

Nancy Rapp
St. Louis, MO

Dear Jesus, You have risen indeed, alleluia! We have been saved by grace. Amen.

Reflect: Sing “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” and praise God for saving grace.

Read: Ephesians 2:4-10 and Mark 16:1-8