I HAVE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GRACE AND ATONEMENT.  SO HERE IS GRACE.                       

GRACE.  BIBLE DICTIONARY:

DIVINE MEANS OF HELP OR STRENGTH, GIVEN THROUGH THE MERCY OF CHRIST.  IT IS THROUGH THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS, MADE POSSIBLE BY HIS ATONING SACRIFICE, THAT MANKIND WILL BE RAISED IN IMMORTALITY.  IT IS LIKEWISE THROUGH THE GRACE OF CHRIST THAT INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH FAITH IN THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST AND REPENTANCE OF THEIR SINS, RECIEVE STRENGTH AND ASSISTANCE TO DO GOOD WORKS THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IF LEFT TO THEIR OWN MEANS.
GRACE IS AN ENABLING POWER THAT ALLOWS US ALL TO LAY  HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE AND EXALTATION  AFTER WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST.
DIVINE GRACE IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF OUR WEAKNESSES AND SHORTCOMINGS, WE DO ALL WE CAN DO AND GRACE DOES THE REST.  IT IS TRULY THE GRACE OF CHRIST THAT MAKES SALVATION POSSIBLE.  THIS PRINCIPLE IS EXPRESSED IN JESUS' PARABLE OF THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES.  JOHN 15: 1-11

I  READ THIS PARABLE AND THESE SCRIPTURES STOOD OUT TO ME.

VERSE 4: "ABIDE IN ME AND I WILL ABIDE IN YOU.  AS THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF, EXCEPT IT ABIDE IN THE VINE, NO MORE CAN YE, EXCEPT YE ABIDE IN ME."
VERSE 11:  "THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT MY  JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL".

IS HE TELLING US THAT THE KEY TO JOY IS KEEPING OUR  HEARTS ATTUNED TO HIM? THAT  THIS IS HOW WE ACHIEVE GRACE AND GRACE IS JOY?

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT GRACE IS A STATE OF BEING THAT CHRIST HAS ACHIEVED WHICH THEN MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO CHOOSE TO ATONE FOR OUR SINS.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE PRAYED FOR GRACE MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE AND RECIEVED THE STRENGTH, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITY TO DO MORE THAN I WAS CAPABLE OF.  I AM DOING THAT NOW AS I STRUGGLE WITH THIS CALLING WITH THE YOUNG WOMEN.  WE CAN ALL PRAY FOR  GRACE EACH AND EVERY DAY.