The type of people God's grace produces

“Anyone can love his friends; only grace can produce someone who truly loves his enemies and seeks their good so that God gets all the honor. Anyone can forgive one act of betrayal; only grace can produce someone who goes on forgiving time after time so that God gets all the honor. Anyone can dip into her purse and give coins to a beggar; only grace can produce someone who sells all her possessions and give the proceeds to the poor so that God gets all the honor. Anyone can expend himself on behalf of his wife; only grace can produce a husband and wife who open their homes to the destitute and oppressed so that God gets all the honor. ”

— from Gospel Living, by Porterbrook