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Elizabeth Keckley was a slave in Missouri before the Civil War.<\/p>\n

Keckley\u2019s greatest desire was purchasing freedom for herself and her son. Her owner told her that if she could raise $1,200, she could have her freedom. Keckley worked as a seamstress. She engineered a plan to go to New York City and work to raise the money, but her owner feared she would not return.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instead, some of Keckley\u2019s wealthy clients in St. Louis showed grace by contributing the money she needed. Keckley paid the price for her freedom as well as her son\u2019s. She moved to Washington, DC, where she counted Mary Lincoln among her dressmaking clients. Without the help of others\u2014grace\u2014Keckley never would have been able to purchase her freedom.<\/p>\n

The king of Aram fought the king of Israel, but God had a habit of telling the prophet Elisha all about the enemy king\u2019s plans. So often, that the king of Aram thought a spy had infiltrated his ranks.<\/p>\n

Once, when the enemy army had finally found Elisha, Elisha prayed that God would blind the soldiers. Elisha, in turn, led them to Samaria\u2014into the middle of their enemy\u2019s camp. When the king of Israel witnessed this turn of events, he asked Elisha if he should kill them.<\/p>\n

\u201cElisha replied. \u2018Do we kill prisoners of war? Give them food and drink and send them home again to their master\u2019\u201d (2 Kings 6:22 NLT).
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\nAlthough the Arameans wanted to kill the Israelites, Elisha told the Israelites to show them mercy. Free them. Show them grace, even though they came here looking to destroy you.<\/p>\n

\"\"Grace adorns God. From the beginning, when Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying Him, God has demonstrated grace. Instead of destroying the first couple, God killed animals and clothed them with hides\u2014an early symbol of His grace. The entire Bible and history are filled with acts of God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n

Grace is God\u2019s undeserved favor, shown primarily through salvation, but in many other ways too. We can\u2019t earn the forgiveness for our sins that ushers in salvation. Nor can anyone else give it to us. Neither can we get it because our friends or relatives have it. It is a personal thing only God can grant.<\/p>\n

God gives grace in large doses to those who trust Him and in smaller doses to those who don\u2019t through His common grace. He makes His sun shine on the evil and the good. All experience the rain and the goodness the earth produces.<\/p>\n

\"\"But only by God\u2019s grace\u2014and our asking for it\u2014can we experience the forgiveness we need, the abundant life God offers, the daily peace God can grant, and the eternal life He promises. And when we\u2019ve experienced it, we\u2019ll want to sprinkle a little of it around for others.<\/p>\n

God is the ultimate grace giver. And in the month when America celebrates her freedom, what better way to celebrate than to remember the freedom we have in Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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