Online EtymologyDictionary<\/a>).\u201d<\/p>\nWhen we pause to say grace, what are we really saying? Do we favor the food, the cook, the Divine, all of the above?\u00a0 Do we hold them all in high esteem?\u00a0 Are we speaking with kind regards and goodwill for their pleasing qualities?\u00a0 After all, I\u2019m sure the food, the preparer, and of course, the Divine, all possess pleasing qualities.\u00a0 Are we speaking gratitude for the meal, the cook, the Divine, the fellowship? All of the above?\u00a0 And more? \u00a0What are we\u00a0saying<\/em>\u00a0when we pause to say\u00a0grace<\/em>?<\/p>\nHow about when we move gracefully through our lives?<\/p>\n
May we all figuratively and literally slow-down in such a way as to move with grace in our bodies and thoughts, and spirits.\u00a0 May we move with
Compare the Latin roots with the Sanskrit roots for\u00a0grace<\/em>: grnati<\/em>, which means \u201cto sing, praise, and to announce (ibid).\u201d<\/p>\nWhen we accept life with grace we are singing praises to the Creator.\u00a0 When we realize the need for change and move with grace towards achieving those changes, we are singing praises to the
The Lithuanian roots for\u00a0grace<\/em>\u00a0(giriu<\/em>) mean \u201cto praise and to celebrateWhen we speak with grace, allowing beauty to be in our words, tone, timber, and intentions, we are praising each other, praising ourselves, praising the Divine Singer of All.\u00a0 When we esteem one another, assume the goodwill of one another, we are\u00a0celebrating<\/em> each other and the One Cosmic Partier.<\/p>\nWhen we move with grace we are celebrating ourselves, each other, the very ground we move upon, and yes, we are celebrating the One.<\/p>\n
Is it true \u201cthere but for the grace of God go I?\u201d\u00a0 Are we held in grace by the Divine in such a way that we only\u00a0go<\/em>\u00a0because of that grace, because of the Divine? Are we woven into some sort of fabric of predestination in which we simply get to move the Creator\u2019s intentions, beautiful though they may be?<\/p>\nOr do we have a say in how me move, where we move, and why we move?\u00a0 Do we get to pick the colors of the threads and the style of the stitch? Do we get to decide what we make of this intricate tapestry of breath and bone?<\/p>\n
I believe we are graced with freedom; freedom to move how, where, and for our own purposes.\u00a0 The grace that propels us from the Divine to help us move in the world is God\u2019s esteem for\u00a0us<\/em>, God\u2019s favor for\u00a0us<\/em>, God\u2019s goodwill and kind regards for\u00a0us<\/em>; it is the Divine singing praises through, and for,\u00a0us<\/em>; it is the Divine celebrating His\/Her Life through, and with,\u00a0us<\/em>; it is the Divine celebrating you and me for simply being\u00a0you<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0me<\/em>.\u00a0 It is the Divine\u2019s trust in\u00a0us<\/em>; the Divine\u2019s faith in\u00a0us<\/em>.<\/p>\nI am a part of\u00a0grace<\/em>; you are a part of grace; we are all a part of grace; of the singing, the praise that the Creator announces through our simply being here\u2014here and now.\u00a0 We live in gratitude for the Creator and the Creator lives in gratitude for\u00a0us<\/em>.\u00a0 It is proper and good, holy and wonderful to love what we create.\u00a0 How much more so the Divine for\u00a0us<\/em>?<\/p>\nMay we all realize grace in our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls.\u00a0 May grace be in our thoughts, feelings, movements, and dreams.\u00a0 May grace flow with our breath.\u00a0 May we sing grace throughout the land; announce grace through whispers and shouts; proclaim grace in the touch of our hands; may we celebrate being alive by being grace made flesh; grace
May the grace of the Divine be with us always\u2014how else could it ever be?<\/p>\n
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Playing With Words: Grace, By Jennifer Angelina Petro \u00a0 Grace\u00a0is something we say at meals.\u00a0 We are\u00a0saying grace, as in\u00a0thank you,\u00a0we praise you, be with us. We say that dancers or athletes move with grace. We say we are under God\u2019s grace. How can this one little word mean so much? Grace\u00a0is something we can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,17],"tags":[1060,555,122,1059],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1756,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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