Grace isn't fair

Something that was said this weekend that just really struck me… “Grace isn’t fair.” What a remarkably ironic statement. In today’s world, we often hear, “Life isn’t fair.” It is most often used when commenting on someone’s unfortunate circumstances to intimate that bad things happen to good people for no reason. Life just continues on a path, regardless of people or their circumstances…

But, no one seems to equate life with grace, and isn’t life, the life God has granted each of us, the fact that we even wake up in the morning, regardless of our place in life, the ultimate expression of God’s grace?

So life isn’t fair…and neither is grace. And isn’t that a wonderful thing? God’s grace knows no boundary. It isn’t bound by any rules of who is most deserving or needing. It isn’t bound by want or prosperity; by good or bad; by faith or suspect. God offers his grace to everyone, regardless of circumstance. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been a “good” person all your life, or if you have been a “bad” person. God makes his grace available to all…and you don’t even have to accept it. The fact that you are alive means you have it. But there is so much more if you actually acknowledge and accept the grace He offers…

Just yesterday, I found out that if I had taken a job opportunity when it was offered and not waited that I would have lost my job. That job was eliminated yesterday. But God told me to wait and I did and I have been blessed because of it. It’s a great thing to see God’s hand at work.

Grace isn’t fair…and boy, am I glad it isn’t!