Full of Grace!

"God hath made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." 2 cor. 5:21

My friend asked me to write a paragraph about a time where I experienced the grace of God, I couldnt do it in a paragraph , but was excited to give this testimony to God and let Him be glorified in it.

What does this grace look like? When I hear the word grace I see God, the maker of heaven and earth, sending His only Son from a perfect place to descend into hell in the form of a cross, that we sinners( you and I) could be reconciled to God. We do not deserve this grace, nor is there anything that we alone can do to earn it."For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:15-22

I was once carnal minded- thinking of ways to get what I wanted in life- the easy way- the shortcut perhaps- but once I would get what I wanted I soon felt empty again - I wanted more - there was this void- Then I recieved an invitation to recieve the gift of God which is eternal life through His Son Jesus.

This was the open door where I would have a real touchable acknowledgement that God would be active in my life! So with that here is my story of grace: grace means "God’s love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love."
I got pregnant when I was 15. Without knowing there was support availalbe I went through with an abortion (I'm not saying that if there was support that my choices would have been differant, but that there is always support). I really didnt want to do this, but I didnt know what I would do otherwise. I felt alone and scared! And once again I followed through doing what I could to gain temperal relief from such a burden. 7 years would pass and I would find myself pregnant again, although this time I was married to a wonderful Christian man who loved me and the baby that we were blessed with, yet I was burdened with these same fears in my mind and thoughts that I would terminate the pregnancy. Romans 6:15 "What then shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? By no means!!"
I was at a pregnancy center where I took the free test they provided and when I found out I cried in fear for what I would do. I experienced the Hand of God in that room that day when the counselor told me there was a class for women who have had an abortion and that I could get healing and that God could use it to bring hope and healing to someone else.It was a hard process, but I got through the 8 week class, met other women hurting, and my eyes were opened to the reality of an abortion.Through it all I experienced God's grace in the form of the perfect baby that he gave me. He knew I would make that choice and yet He chose to love me regardless of the fact that I did kill my baby, and that I alone was accountable to this choice I made and yet He gave me what I do not deserve, forgiveness. And when I though He had done so much for me already He gave me the honor in giving her a name. I named her Providence ( which means divince guidance and care)which is a whole other blog in itself.
Another eight weeks and I would have the priviledge of naming our Hannah, which you got it... means full of grace!
"Behold what manner the love of the Father has given unto us, that we would called the children of God."