Day 6- The Grace Awakening

Today  I  received  a   hands  on  experience  of  grace

which  further  gave  me  an  insight  into what  God  has  done  for  us.

In the  afternoon  I met  an  administrator to get  his 

approval of  a  request.Two  other  people  had  already passed  it

and  now  it  was  up  to  him to put  his  signature  on  it.

When I  met  him  face  to  face  , I  realised  how  closely  he  adheres  to

the  rule  book. According  to  him  I  had  not  submitted  a document

which was  required.

Procuring  this  paper  would  be  a  long and  difficult  task for  me.

I  asked  him  to  consider  my  predicament.

And he  made  me  sweat it  out  in  his plush  air conditioned  office.

But  in  the end  he  was  very  gracious  towards  me

and  signed  my   plea with a

brotherly  caveat.

This  is  what grace  does.

The  law  ,which  is  necessary  for  the   orderly  functioning of

society is sometimes  harsh and  relentless.

There are  laws  which are  unfair and  unjust   too.

But  grace   is  unmerited  favour which flows   down

to us  in  our  moment of  need.

Grace  sobers  us and  makes  our  hearts

overflow  with thankfulness.

As a  recipient of  God 's  grace

I am  more  blessed  than any other  person.

   ¹⁶ Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

^{John 1 NIV (BIBLE)}

^{The  photo is of  the  local  Cathedral.}

^{It  was  taken   by  my   nephew  Ashish}