For it will not only change the way you look at others, but the way others look at you. This issue of Northern Light is dedicated to growing in our understanding of the grace of God. The term grace covers a wide range of meanings. But the common tone that resonates in them all is that of pleasantness. Grace describes the coordination and fluidity of a dancer or athlete.
Grace can describe a person's manners and gentility.
Grace is also the soothing balm that comforts the downtrodden. Beautiful words are said to be words of grace. And it is upon this great theological word that our eternal destiny hangs, for the undeserved favour of God is our only hope of being accepted by him. Interestingly enough, Jesus never used the term grace . Instead of mouthing the word, he modeled the reality.