Gulp...

Have you ever had such a whack on the head from the Lord that you don't know how to even begin to put it into words??? That's been happening a lot for me over the past couple of months.

Yesterday, I realized that I had made a severe "boo-boo" with finances. Long story short, I am living on much less now than I would be were I working full time, yet God has worked things out in such a way that I will be better off financially than I have ever been before. I'm still reeling a bit. I'm one of those people that usually choose to try to understand God's grace rather than simply accept it for what it is. I've finally determined that His grace does not concern my own meager understanding. ***GULP.*** He chooses to use people and circumstances quite often without human explanation. One such example occurred just this morning.

An acquaintance of my family decided to drop off groceries and a Meijer's gift card on the front porch. He rang the doorbell and took off. We knew he was coming, because he called to say he had to drop something off, but we didn't realize what the contents would be. We haven't heard from this person in over a year. Out of the blue, he decides to drop stuff off. I don't get it...

The fact that we "don't get it" does not lessen the power of the grace extended us. When we do "get it", this lends no further credibility to the already quite credible Lord that we serve. I think I forget that too often...

If I could learn to live a life of gratitude, choosing not to concern myself so much with understanding, wouldn't I be better off???