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Anybody experience grace?

So I know people hear the words divine grace and immediately think of Christianity and Jesus dying for “us” but I remember back to a time when I was lost in my faith and the thought of that Christian grace sounded so appealing to me and I was convinced of my knowledge in Judaism that HaShem was far more of a disciplinarian and distant. But I was asked by my father to come to an Erev Yom Kippur service and I insisted on staying outside the shul. But I could still hear the rabbi speak. And it’s something I’ll never forget. He spoke of God’s love for us and how enduring that is and I began to realize how wrong I was and a few times when I’m davening and I’ll close my eyes or my favorite time of Shabbos when the Torahs are brought out from the Ark and held aloft and you feel this overwhelming love and might. Or when I’m called up for an Aaliyah (not sure if that should be capitalized) or when, before I started a new job in a new field and was so scared I read Tehillim, HaShem’s love surrounded me and gave me purpose. In the Torah I know the Hebrew word khen is translated as grace but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if there’s a proper name for it in studies? Also can anyone expound more on the idea of HaShem’s love? Other than the obvious of the world He’s given us, Israel, the laws of kashrus, etc. right now my heart is burning to learn so much more and more.

A side note I think it’s interesting that nothing in Judaism is without rhyme or reason and comparing the depths of study of Judaism to Christianity is like, poor analogy I apologize, comparing the wealth of backstory for Lord Of the Rings to the backstory for Dr. Seuss’s Whoville.

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