Grace is not a reward for our behavior but the very ground of our being. Peter reminds us that we are given new birth into a living hope—not through effort, but through God’s mercy. Richard Rohr calls grace “the divine flow,” always moving toward us, even when we are unaware. In times of trial, grace doesn’t disappear—it deepens, refining us like gold in the fire. This week, we are invited to stop striving and instead wake up to the grace that already surrounds us.