What is grace? If you ask our world today that question, you’ll come up with many wide-ranging (and wrong!) answers—perhaps that grace is about greater consciousness, greater unity, the inner oneness that we have with each other. Many Christians are even confused about what grace really is! Because grace and mercy are often found together in the same passage in Scripture, we can think that they are synonyms—two different words for the same thing. But that’s not true either. So, what is grace? Personally, I’ve found that the lyrics of “Amazing Grace” contain the most profound outline of God’s grace you will find outside the Bible itself. It puts to music what the world really needs to rediscover—the incredible truth behind the love of God. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed Through many dangers, toils, and snares We have already come 'Twas grace that brought us safe thus far And grace will lead us home When we've been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we've first begun