Grace

A story by Marcel Aymé, translated by Karen Reshkin
Copyright 2002, All rights reserved.
Grace
"My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Gratefulness
Gratefulness is the heart's full response to the gratuitousness of all that exists.
Gratuitousness
Gratuitousness does not only means that a volunteer does not get any money for his/her work, it also means that he/she does not expect whatsoever benefit, favour, or reward out of it.
Gratuitous
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. --L'Estrange.
2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. --De Quincye. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.
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