It is the dynamic outpouring of God's loving nature that flows into and through creation, in an endless self-offering of illumination, love and healing. Grace is the unseen force that pushes and prods all things in the direction of wholeness and life. Grace is the activity of God in this world. In Christian theology, and particularly in Methodist circles, we often talk about grace as having three movements. In fact, one of the defining characteristics of grace is that it cannot be earned or deserved.
Grace is pure gift.
One of the clearest places to see this aspect of grace is in nature. The sun shines, the rain falls, the seasons come and go, providing everything needed to sustain life. In fact, like sunlight or rain, which falls on the just and the unjust alike, God's grace is totally indiscriminate. The love of God is simply there for us, like gravity, like the ground beneath our feet, before we are even born, before we can do or say or believe anything. That's prevenient grace.