My pastor talks about giving grace and to me its like forgiveness but its more, its realizing that there is a hardship, conflict or some other issue that is causing tension, annoyance or some other inability to move on and giving grace speaks to me of giving acceptance, prayer and even forgiveness in one action. To say to someone “I give you grace” is a succinct way of saying “I will pray for you and your situation, I offer forgiveness and I dont want the issue at hand to cause any conflict between us, its un-necessary to let it inhibit our relationship”.

Its a powerful thing and more people should do it. Its rather like the “No complaints” bracelet, more to follow on that.