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Despite common misperceptions, grace is not safe. Its not easy. Frankly, it takes courage to show grace to those who deserve less. Oftentimes, the person showing Gods grace gets counted among the sinners, just as Jesus experienced centuries ago. Gayle explores the story of Jesus forgiving the adulterous woman to reveal the courageous side of showing grace.
We live in a society that vacillates between glorifying sin and crucifying those who fall. Gayle encourages us to take the road less traveleddaring to do the hard work of showing Gods grace to the sinners among us. Its what followers of Christ are called to do.
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Gayle Haggard gives life-learned insight into the concept of grace. Her wisdom comes from the depths of her experience in ministry as pastors wife in a megachurch, mother of a special-needs child, and wife of a publicly fallen pastor. She doesnt just teach it; she lives it day in and day out in the face of painful reality. I dont know of anyone more qualified to teach us about this life-giving characteristic of Gods nature. If you know someone in need of grace, if you need to give grace to someone, if you need grace for yourself, buy this book today.
RUTH GRAHAM, AUTHOR OF IN EVERY PEW SITS A BROKEN HEART AND FEAR NOT TOMORROW, GOD IS ALREADY THERE
My soul cheered as I turned the pages of Gayle Haggards book Courageous Grace. Gayle has written a beautiful and heroic manifesto of how Jesus wants us to live. If we open up our hearts and pay close attention to the words inside, our lives will be forever changed.
MIKE FOSTER, AUTHOR OF GRACENOMICS: UNLEASH THE POWER OF SECOND CHANCE LIVING
If Im stuck in the Antarctic with no hope, give me Ernest Shackleton. If my plane is about to crash, give me Captain Sully. But if my life unravels and I need hope and Gods grace, I would first turn to Gayle Haggard. In her latest work, Courageous Grace, Gayle lays out a road map to bring us closer to the heart of our Father. After reading this, I couldnt help but feel that grace is tougher than I thought. It is less like a flower and more like an anvil on which lives can be reheated and reformed into Gods purposes again. One word of caution: Courageous Grace could be detrimental to your preconceived ideas of the gospel.
MICHAEL CHESHIRE, SENIOR PASTOR, THE JOURNEY COMMUNITY CHURCH
Through her own personal trail of tears, Gayle Haggard has compassionately and biblically captured the very core of the great gift of grace. Her honest explanations of our human struggling to the liberating need for forgiveness and restorative healing are absolutely captivating! Courageous Grace is a medicine that heals our damaged souls and restores us again and again to the rank of beloved, accepted, and cherished.
FRED ANTONELLI, FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF LIFE COUNSELING CENTER.
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Courageous Grace: Following the Way of Christ
Copyright 2013 by Gayle Haggard. All rights reserved.
Cover photograph copyright Trinette Reed/Blend Images/Corbis. All rights reserved.
Designed by Stephen Vosloo
Edited by Susan Taylor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haggard, Gayle.
Courageous grace : following the way of Christ / Gayle Haggard.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-4143-6500-8 (pbk.)
1. Grace (Theology) 2. ForgivenessReligions aspectsChristianity. 3. ReconciliationReligious aspectsChristianity. 4. Christian life. I. Title.
BT761.3.H335 2013
234dc23 2012048630
ISBN 978-1-4143-8579-2 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-4143-8383-5 (Kindle); ISBN 978-1-4143-8580-8 (Apple)
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To my beloved children, Christy, Marcus and Sarah,
Jonathan, Alex, and Elliott,
who demonstrated courageous grace when the hour called for it.
WHY ANOTHER BOOK ON GRACE? There is no shortage of books about Gods amazing grace and how blessed we are to be its recipients. Yet there is another dimension of grace about which many of these books fail to inform. That is the courage that is often required for us, in turn, to bestow grace on one another.
As followers of Christ, we will be called on to demonstrate the grace that God has so courageously and freely given to us. This grace will compel us to step out of safe confines and sometimes suffer pain for the good of another human being. At times, extending that grace will be costly to our personal lives, our reputations, and our futures. We may even find ourselves numbered with transgressors. But its in these situations that we can best represent Jesus.
Thus, my reason for writing another book about grace is to inspire all who have received the liberating grace of God in their own lives to courageously and lovingly bestow that same grace on others. For it is by this that the world will know we are his disciples.
Grace and courage to you.
With love,
Gayle Haggard
OCTOBER 26, 2012
If we want to be Christians, we must have some share in Christs large-heartedness by acting with responsibility and in freedom when the hour of danger comes, and by showing a real sympathy that springs, not from fear, but from the liberating and redeeming love of Christ for all who suffer. Mere waiting and looking on is not Christian behaviour. The Christian is called to sympathy and action, not in the first place by his own sufferings, but by the sufferings of his brethren, for whose sake Christ suffered.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!
JOHN 8:7
ONE OF THE GREATEST TESTS of our character is how we respond when someone else errs. When other people fall short of doing what we and they know to be good and right, when they suffer loss or shame, or when they hurt us, how we respond speaks volumes about the condition of our own hearts. We may find that we possess tremendous ability to encourage others, to heal and restore, if only we choose to do so. Untold lives have been changed, reprobates have become saints, and cowards have become heroesall because of the response of some kindhearted soul in anothers moment of trial.
An ex-convict becomes a benevolent mayor who employs By now you may recognize this as the story of Jean Valjean in Victor Hugos classic Les Miserables.
A failing student makes the honor roll because a caring teacher sacrifices her time to tutor him after school.
A parolee becomes a star employee because a kind employer takes the risk of giving him a job.
An addict is given a warm meal, a safe bed, and hope for a better future by an empathetic halfway-house worker.
Weve all heard these heartwarming stories. They inspire us to extend grace to others.
I used to think extending grace was easy. I used to think it was simply the hope-filled, life-giving message of our faith. I understood the word grace to refer to Gods kindness and forgiveness, which not only redeem us but also empower us to get back up again when weve fallen. In my mind, human grace was all about offering to others what God has so freely given to us.
Isnt that what the Bible teaches?
But in 2006, as I sat alone on a Florida beach one overcast day, I had an epiphany about grace. My family was going through a dark time. My well-known and highly respected husband had suffered a moral failure, and wed been whisked away to a secluded beach house to escape the clamor of the media at home. During the initial days following the devastating news, I went on long walks on the beach until I was sure I was out of view of any beachcombers. Then, alone, I would plant myself in the sand, feel the magnitude of my pain, and sink deep into my own thoughts. A storm of accusations was raining down on me. I felt weakened by their onslaught. But those near and dear to me needed me more than ever. On this particular day, my predicament became clear.
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