Grace.We talk as though we understand the term. The bank gives us agraceperiod. The seedy politician falls fromgrace. Musicians speak of agracenote. We describe an actress asgracious, a dancer asgraceful. We use the word for hospitals, baby girls, kings, and premeal prayers. We talk as though we know whatgracemeans.But do we really understand it? Have we settled for wimpy grace? It politely occupies a phrase in a hymn, fits nicely on a church sign. Never causes trouble or demands a response. When asked, "Do you believe in grace?" who could say no?Max Lucado asks a deeper question: Have you been changed by grace? Shaped by grace? Strengthened by grace? Emboldened by grace? Softened by grace? Snatched by the nape of your neck and shaken to your senses by grace?God's grace has a drenching about it. A wildness about it. A white-water, riptide, turn-you-upside-downness about it. Grace comes after you. It rewires you....