798) Grace is a hard thing for us to understand. Its platform is straight-forward. Grace is giving or saying something good to another who deserves judgment. It is not overlooking something another has done wrong.

“Well, if I do this, they’ll never change; they will keep treating me this way.” Grace is simply not carrying a grudge, or holding it over someone’s head. It does not mean there are no consequences.

“This is absurd. It will never help this person stop treating me unkindly.” This may be true, but this is exactly what God does for us. Therefore, how can we not offer someone else what God has given us? Proverbs 16:24.