Someone told me last week that "GRACE"
means LOVINGKindness and was taught so in the early
church.
Yep. And other positive meanings.
According to Strong:
Grace
ca,rij charis {khar'-ece}
Meaning:
grace that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
good will, loving-kindness, favour of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps,strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
what is due to grace the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace
the token or proof of grace, benefit
a gift of grace
benefit, bounty
thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward