It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. (Philippians 1:7 NIV, 1-2-15)

The grace is everywhere.

Some things I teach right but live wrong. Like here. I teach that God loves us all the time, that bad circumstances aren’t a result of bad behavior, and that God is always with us.

But I don’t always believe it, especially when the bad times are mine. I tend to think that God is separated from me during bad times and that I am more in His will when working for Him than when waiting on Him.

But Paul here says that God’s shared grace is present and working whether he is ministering or sitting idly in jail. And I’d say the same is true for me.

Now if I can just get myself to believe it.

[Father, give me the faith to believe that you are always with me and loving me.]