God's Grace - Part 2

Where do I begin?  God's grace has been displayed in my life so many times, it really is amazing.  The most important and prominent occurence of grace, of course, being my salvation through Jesus Christ. 

Grace, an unmerited gift.

Number 1 - In April of 1997 my husband's brother was killed in a car accident.  I know this seems like a strange circumstance to see the grace of God but there's something I saw.  That morning before the accident I cleaned my house spotlessly clean, not just the usual cleaning...every drawer, closet, nook and cranny of that house was clean.  I also went to the grocery store and stocked up on groceries.  My in-laws, James' parents, were the managers of Bristol Manor (a residential care facility).  They were remodeling their house so they stayed with us during the funeral.  All of James' family were at our home during this time.  This may seem like a petty and coincidental thing to have tons of company and a clean house but not to me.  To me it was God preparing ahead of time, such a tragedy in our family and God gave me an unmerited gift of not having to think about doing anything to my home or finding something to eat for people that were there.

Number 2 - August 2005, I was pregnant with our third child, about 11 weeks along.  I was reading a book, not a pregnancy book or anything, just a novel (fiction at that) but a christian novel.  I had the book for a long time, I don't know why I hadn't read it before...well I guess now I do...but the book, I believe, prepared my heart for my miscarriage.  I know this sounds weird but it's true, I'm not saying losing our baby was easy because of a book I read but God used the words on those pages along with scripture to strengthen me and give me a sweet peace.

Number 3 - June 2010, out of the blue James felt compelled for he and I to make a covenant each morning to each other and God.  To say only uplifting and encouraging words to each other.  We had a very difficult summer and I know that if James and I had not been making that covenant with each other we would have been fighting, instead we clung to each other, grew in our relationship with God and with each other.  God's amazing and incredible grace.

All of these events seem to be preparedness, God preparing me for tragedy, hurt, anguish...wow, and I am so unworthy.  An unmerited gift...my Jesus on a cruel cross dying to set me free...grace.