That sentence made me wonder: How do you give a gift like grace through someone else?
And then I realized that the answer wasn't that hard. We see it a lot more than we realize. How many times have you been able to look back and realize that you made it through a hard time because someone else was there to help you in some way? To me, that is a good example of giving a gift through someone else. It may not be grace, exactly, but it is a gift given from Heavenly Father through someone else.
Heavenly Father knew we would need additional help other than what we could do ourselves to make it back to him. He knew we would need grace.
He couldn't just give us grace though. There needed to be a sacrifice in order for grace to have the effect it needed to in our lives. So he sent down a son to sacrifice for all the sins and pains of the world so that grace could be given to each of us. Because even when we realize we have done something wrong and repent, we can't fix it ourselves. That's where grace comes in. By grace, the atonement takes over the rest and we are freed from those sins, and pains, and whatever else we have been feeling that is temporarily holding us back from eternal progression.
Grace can only happen after we've done all that we can do. Grace takes on the same meaning as taking over the rest we cannot fix. Jesus Christ suffered to be able to help us become fixed. Jesus Christ suffered to be able to give us the gift of grace. And boy, do we all need it. Every day.
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