In the New Testament we read much about the grace of God and of the evident happiness and satisfaction it imparts to those who are conscious of it. In II Corinthians we read, "God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." ll Cor. 9:8;
But what is grace, and more specifically, what is the grace of God? The word "grace" comes from two Latin words meaning "favor" and "beloved." So the grace of God could be fairly defined as the loving favor of God encompassing His creation, a relationship of which each child of God in his true being is conscious. As one dictionary describes it, grace is "divine influence renewing the heart and restraining from sin."
Divine grace unfolds in our thought as we grow in our understanding of God, learn what He is and where He is, and perceive something of man's unity with Him. Mrs. Eddy brings this out in her book Christian Science versus Pantheism. After remarking that Christian Scientists heal all types of disease and sin, she says, "All this is accomplished by the grace of God,—the effect of God understood." Pan., p.10;
