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"Through whom also we have access by faith to this grace in which we have stood," Romans 5:2.

Through whom? Through our Lord Jesus Christ. And what have we obtained access to? Grace. And by what means did access to grace come? By faith. By believing in God's promise and power, who raised Jesus from the dead. In consequence of faith, even to this very moment, right now, we stand, right now, in this grace. Right now. God placed us upright in his generosity. So we joy in hope of God's future glory! Yeah. Suffering cannot delete that joyful hope. It leads to endurance, to proving, to vindicating hope. Because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us.

When we see a brother or sister today, we see them standing firmly in God's grace. And, together, we give confident thanks for the access we enjoy in Jesus to God's unimaginable generosity.