Feeling better today; finished chapter two.
Thomas' father has now decided to move to England allowing Thomas to finally escaped the French catholic school. He is now 14 and starts in a proper English school. The line that stuck with me today is:
It is a terrible thing to think of the grace that is wasted in this world, and of the people that are lost. p 66
First to make sure we are all talking about the same thing, "grace" is an undeserved gift from God. As sinners we never deserve any gifts from God but we get them anyway. The sun shines every single day, oxygen is created for me to breathe every single day without me having to worry about it. Now the scientist in me can ( or actually could at one time!) explain that the sun is a ball of gas going through chain reactions that let off heat and the Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide cycle was a lucky stroke that happened after millions of trials and errors that allowed certain species to survive and grow on this planet. However, the believer in me knows that God set this all up through His unbridled love for us. Thus we get to see ( and scientifically understand bits of) His grace everyday.
As I meditated on the sentence above I became joyous that we have a God that showers us with so many graces each day. And these graces are showered on us no matter how much we believe. He is always there ready and willing to listen and help, all we have to do is let Him in. I am embarrassed that I am afraid to trust in Him more. If he stood on the water and asked me to walk to Him would I make it? Or would I too like Peter, lose focus and start to sink crying out "save me Lord".
My prayer for today is; Lord, thank you for the many graces that You give me each day, help me respond more deeply to Your love. Amen
Pax
Joe
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