James 4:6 He gives us more
grace. NIV
It was one of those days. You know the kind I mean,
one little disaster follows another until you finally reach the breaking point
and you think you are just going to start screaming if one more thing goes
wrong.
I was minding my daughters’ brats Sienna and Sam, such
cute innocent names for such devious, mischievous little imps, and throughout
the day my patience had been stretched to the limit with their antics. Sam had
discovered that wallpaper rips very nicely off the wall while Sienna had happily
munched on one of my favourite Christmas decorations. On top of all of this they
had both had me up during the night and then proceeded to have numerous
accidents on the floor and the rugs throughout the day.
As I pushed myself up off my knees from cleaning the
carpet, one more time, I found myself whispering, grace Lord, grant me grace to
deal with this pair of little monkeys. And that’s just what He did. His grace
arrived through the gift of laughter, as everything Sam and Sienna had gotten
into that day ran through my mind like some kind of crazy cartoon causing me to
see the humour of the situation in spite of my tiredness and frustration.
Sam and Sienna are only a pair of Yorkshire Terrier
puppies, and yet God’s grace was available for me amidst there trifling unending
antics. Such love and mercy, in the form of grace, is a great encouragement to
me. For if God’s grace is so freely available to us, amidst the small, minute
things of life, imagine the outpouring we can look forward to when we are asked
to face the truly gigantic, scary, mind boggling issues that life enjoys
flinging across our path when we least expect them.
Truly as the old hymn written by Annie Johnson Flint
states we can trust that He giveth more grace when the burden grows greater; He
sendeth more strength when the labours increase....His love has no limit; His
grace has no measure; His power has no boundary known unto men. For out of His
infinite riches in Jesus, He giveth and giveth, and giveth again!
Prayer: Father God thank you for your gift of grace
amidst the trivial as well as the great burdens and frustrations of life. Truly
you are a most amazing God whose love and mercy has no limit and grace has no
measure and for this we praise you In Christ’s name. Amen.
Lynne Phipps
lynnephipps@hotmail.com
Atlin, BC
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