Grace is also the antithesis of the law. Many of his parables are vignettes of grace, e.g. the story of the prodigal, that of the great supper, and also the tale of the labourers in the vineyard. Grace, God acting solely as love expressed, may grant to the seemingly least deserving the greatest favours. Jesus has done for us what we could never have achieved by ourselves. Here is the reassurance that no matter what our circumstances, as we call upon God we discover the presence of God's sustaining power.
Grace is available to all that are humble enough to seek it.
Indeed it is the discovery that we are the object of Divine Grace which works humility in our persons. For having discovered our own unworthiness, we find ourselves to be valued by God and, even more than that, we are loved and blessed by God's grace. In spite of the campaign waged by members of local Government and various churches, a campaign which threatened our businesses and our lives and had a domino effect on our children, these words were not muted nor silenced and continued to speak out our truth each week. These words should be flown as a banner as we march against the anger and hate generated against us in restrictive canon and governmental legislation. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered intersexual and heterosexual, we are what we are by the grace of God.