Read: Ephesians 2:1-10

“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God— not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:8-10

It is good to know that God has quickened me and that through his grace I am saved. We have all sinned, in some way, in the flesh. It is the way of the world that we live in.

I am very thankful that God has given me faith, through which I am saved, by his good work of grace.

Jesus Christ taught by example. He was always doing good works. Though it is not by doing these that we are saved, lest we boast. “For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.”

Even in my most trying times, I remember this attitude and find comfort and hope in these words and many others in the Bible. “I yam what I yam.” In Popeye’s words. I need to live with that and make the most of it. And be happy.

Help us to live with who we are, ever drawing closer to you. Amen.
-Paul Lowe