What does Going Through Life with Grace mean to me?

I titled my blog "Going Though Life with Grace" because I feel that I have often needed God's grace, and I feel that throughout my life, He has given it to me. I have been spared from many serious injuries, my husband and I have survived multiple layoffs and health scares, I have recovered from 2 c-sections, I was spared from being at my job in Manhattan on 9-11, among other things. But what matters even more is that during my life I have fallen short and abandoned God, but His grace kept me safe and allowed me to return to Him when I was ready. I have been a Christian most of my life, but I am really still a "Baby Christian." Only now, at the age of 37, am I ready to "grow up" in my Christianity and relationship with God.

Here are just a couple of verses that talk about grace that I like:

Ephesians 2:4-8

4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God

Colossians 4:6

6Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

I want to be always full of grace. I want to have a light that shines from within, that makes people want to know how they can feel as I do and I'll tell them. I can honestly say I'm not there yet. I struggle everyday with petty thoughts, procrastination, depression and doubt. But I know that at the end of the day, God loves me and knows my heart. He knows that I desire to be a servant and by His grace, I will get there!