Scandalous Grace!
What does it look like? is it beaten down? is it dry and thorny? OR is it victorious? is it "beauty for ashes" and does it finish what we can't do in ourselves?
Scandal of Grace
What does this mean?
Help when justice does not compute?
Grace? a curtsey at the appropriate moment and to the appropriate recipient. But,
Scandal of Grace? Pay for the undeserving. Give to the odious?
Risk for the unthankful. At what point is it scandalous? Does it make you pity the giver? or does it make you angry that justice did not compute?
We expect a parent to give and forgive and move every mountain for a child
Do we expect a spouse to give and forgive the unforgivable? what is the unforgivable? infidelity? apathy?
How much grace should a sibling give? should it be scandalous?
What about the child with the wayward parent? that parent that wouldn't give love, that parent that only lashed out....would scandalous grace keep that child going back in hope of acceptance? or would scandalous grace give love without expecting, or knowing that wayward parent is incapable....
An evil person should pay for his due reward! Perhaps someone has paid the price for her?
Scandal provokes images of being indignant! outraged! I can even see the recipient breathing a heavy sigh...releasing tears of relief.....
Have you ever been the recipient of scandalous grace?
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