Grace…….

Grace is one of my favorite words.  There are many good definitions of grace.
 – unmerited favor
– not getting what I deserve
– covering rather than convicting
– loving in spite of

I receive a lot of grace.  I am sure of this.  I know I clumsily speak and act on a daily basis.  I know that many people in a day shake their heads and smile as I blunder and fumble.

But I want to give more grace and to give it out of habit, naturally, easily, as a first response.

I want to put aside my need to have the last word.

I want to be OK with not being right.

I want to be kinder in the car and not so intolerant of the idiots drivers on the roads. (See why I need improvement here?)

In the grand scheme of things, some of this stuff that raises my blood pressure really should not.

Maybe I could store all the grace I receive into my “virtual grace bucket”.  I could then pull from my supply when I need to extend it to others.

I would always have more supply than demand – The grace God affords me each day is way more than  I would need to extend to others.

Here’s wishing you much grace – to receive and extend.