All? Every bit of it? The sum total, the entire lot, or each and every individual moment and experience?
Isn't it just the beaming faces of accomplishment? The saving of one from some devastating illness or accident? The palpable current that flows between lovers in love? The blessing of children, the fruit of the womb and heart? Flowers gifted for no apparent reason, or the unexpected hug from a loved one? Or perhaps the narrow miss of something so dreadful, too awful to contemplate?
Could it also be...
spilled milk?
a broken heart?
a missing child?
a fatal illness?
a tragic mishap?
a distant husband?
a painful marriage?
If we count all that He gives us as grace - unmerited ( not earned ), undeserved, freely given favor - then we must count all - the overall, AND the momentary. For the complete picture only is His to see, not ours. We count as grace all that is because the moments add up to the sum total which is His perfect plan for us. It is why we have hope and we look to eternity for it is there that the minutes add up to what is important - the total of our lives. The complete and perfect sum.
Lord, may we acknowledge that all is Your grace abounding in love. Perfect love. That Your plan is for hope and a future, a future with You. That we trust what we cannot see because we believe in the promises You have given us.
All IS grace.
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