GRACE

I just want to forget how the whole world seems wrong most times. It's like the more one strives on his own, the more difficult everything seems to appear most times. I ask, why strive when the productivity of one’s effort is futile? Then I came across a passage in the scripture which emphasizes on grace; it speaks that "it's not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of him whom the Lord Almighty showeth mercy". That scripture I believe is the being of most of our existence, cos no matter how much one struggles, if the grace of God is missing in such a man’s life, then all his efforts are futile. And to buttress this, I recall the passage which says; "I will give mercy to whom I want". So, I guess my questions are; 📍1: How do you know such grace has been bestowed upon you? 📍2: Can one obtain the grace if you have not been given naturally, like Jacob was given right form the womb?—cos the uniqueness of Gods' grace is that it will ONLY be given...