Saturday, May 31, 2003
More on grace...
Tiffany arrived late to Lisa's graduation... just in time to see her sister cross the stage. She proceeded to tell me all about the 2-1/2 hour drive from Hunt, TX to San Marcos, TX and the two huge accidents along the way. She then added a little ditty at the end... "oh, and I got pulled over in Ingram."
She was driving 50 mph in a 35 mph zone. The cop pulled her over, railed on her for driving so fast, then eventually let her go. Her description of the event was much more dramatic than that... telling me how she "so deserved a ticket" and "he was totally right... I WAS speeding." I said, "that's grace." She got even more excited and said "TOTALLY!" She proceeded to draw the comparison between her non-ticket experience and grace. It was like she read my previous post on grace and repeated it to me. Tiffany knows what grace is... she's a godly young woman. But I think she just experienced it in a very real and powerful way.
About a year ago, I told her that I prayed every day that God would reveal Himself to her in special ways... that she would be "surprised by God" each and every day.
Surprise!
Tiffany arrived late to Lisa's graduation... just in time to see her sister cross the stage. She proceeded to tell me all about the 2-1/2 hour drive from Hunt, TX to San Marcos, TX and the two huge accidents along the way. She then added a little ditty at the end... "oh, and I got pulled over in Ingram."
She was driving 50 mph in a 35 mph zone. The cop pulled her over, railed on her for driving so fast, then eventually let her go. Her description of the event was much more dramatic than that... telling me how she "so deserved a ticket" and "he was totally right... I WAS speeding." I said, "that's grace." She got even more excited and said "TOTALLY!" She proceeded to draw the comparison between her non-ticket experience and grace. It was like she read my previous post on grace and repeated it to me. Tiffany knows what grace is... she's a godly young woman. But I think she just experienced it in a very real and powerful way.
About a year ago, I told her that I prayed every day that God would reveal Himself to her in special ways... that she would be "surprised by God" each and every day.
Surprise!
