Manifold Grace

My Rebecca and my Ben,
Summer, 1986?





"As each one has received a special gift,
employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God." (1 Peter 4:10)

         This photo of Rebecca and Ben in their colorful Native American headdresses was taken in my parent's flower garden following a vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains. Could you guess?

      After reading 1 Peter 4:10 this morning, I researched    "manifold" and learned that the Greek word "poikilos", translated as manifold, literally means "of various colors." Thus, God's manifold grace is His unmerited favor (grace) demonstrated in numerous different ways - like the multicolored facets of an exquisite diamond.

May the light of God's beautiful, manifold grace radiate through us today as we serve one another as good stewards of His undeserved favor.

"Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify the Father which is in heaven." (Matt. 5:16)