Contemplating Grace

I'd like to park here on the subject of grace for a bit. We have been reading Philip Yancey's What's So Amazing About Grace in Sunday School, and I just can't get enough, enough of the book and thoughts it invites, enough of the concept and grasping it and enough of it in my life.

But it is a tightrope walk and a balancing act, teetering on that fine line of grace. As a parent I want to love, support, encourage and extend a hand of hope and healing. The trick is, I want to stop short of enabling.

I want love and forgiveness to be part of my vocabulary. I want to speak the truth in love. I don't want bitterness to work its way in contaminating my words and relationships. As such, I see grace as a shade of gray. Perhaps a shade of gra(y)ce.