Where has all the grace gone?

I was thinking about grace today, especially after reading this and that. Specifically about examples of grace in New Testament epistles' greetings and closings.

I wasn't feeling well, so I didn't go through all the epistles today, but I mean to. But for example Romans 1:7 begins with the declaration: "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." It ends similarly with grace (Romans 16:20).

Moving on, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" 1 Corinthians 1:3. Oh, and the next verse has a gripping thought too, "I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus" (1 Corinthians 1:4). Do I thank God for the grace given to my fellow believers in Christ? For the grace given to my Pastor? For the grace given to my family? For the grace given to my friends? And once again, grace is in the closing (1 Corinthians 16:23).

You don't have far to turn to find the next reference, it's 2 Corinthians 1:2. It seems rather familiar. It's the same as 1 Corinthians 1:3.

Why don't we give greetings of grace and peace? Have we forgotten? Is it too fanatical for us to go there? Does it sound too weird for us to go around saying stuff like that? Are we too proud?

I hope that we aren't. I want God's grace. I need God's grace. And I want and I pray for you to have God's grace on and in your life.

grace and peace be yours in abundance! (1 Peter 1:2)