Twenty-Two Drops of Grace
I have been writing an article for the Evergreen Connection most every week for 22 years. Sometimes I know the subject days in advance, and other times I muse till the deadline looms. Today it’s the latter. Today’s date is provocative, having more than enough twos to score a Yahtzee. But I couldn’t think of anything clever or compelling on that line so I ditched the idea. I have decided instead to share some glimpses of grace God continues to shower on his good world we have made such a mess of. Like the rain, these drops of grace fall on the righteous and the unrighteous. (Mt. 5:45) To the one, these are good gifts from the Father. To the other, they are invitations to look up and consider from whence these blessings flow.
- Sunshine through the window
- Smile from a stranger
- First sip of coffee
- Jaw-dropping catch for the win
- Discovering money in your pocket
- Laughing till it hurts
- Providentially perfect song on the radio
- Scent of sagebrush and ponderosa pine
- Baby napping on your chest
- A moment’s relief from the pain
- Sparrow on the sill
- Snow in the foothills
- Plunge of an osprey
- Sleep…finally
- Waking to your day off
- Flannel anything
- Kid saying the darndest thing
- Wood polished by years of touch
- Grandmother’s hands
- Peace in the home
- Holy awe in the congregation
- Knowing these are but a foretaste
Pastor Toby
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