Undeserved

Lewis was up in plenty of time to get to school this morning, but he still left later than he should have, and he (and his brother) would be late; being counted as an unexcused tardy. Lewis asked me as he was walking towards to door, "PLEASE call me in as excused, mom!". The reason: one more unexcused tardy and he'd have detention. (Not something new in this household, he just doesn't want to have another detention being so close to graduation.)

Well, yes his alarm did not go off this morning as planned as a result to the power outages we experienced. We had terrible thunderstorms, wind, and tornadic activity all afternoon and into the evening; BUT he still got up in time to get ready. So why should I honor his request?

Because I believe in grace. He didn't deserve to be excused, but I did it anyway. I called the school, talked to a sweet woman named Stephanie, told her the boys would be a bit late, but were on their way. She then blessed me by telling me how much she likes Lewis - what a great guy he is.

I've thought about grace quite a bit today. Sometimes I run late myself and pray for all green lights on my way to work. Even though I don't deserve all green lights to make my way to work faster, God answers my prayer. Grace. Sometimes I speed as I race to pick up the kids from school, then I see a police car coming my way. I pray that I not be pulled over, even though I deserve to be ticketed. God answers my prayer. Grace. Forgetting...misplacing... procrastinating... We could all get in a lot of trouble and get "detention" more often, but we serve a Great God who believes and gives something so freely - so undeservedly - Grace.

Ephesians 2:8, "For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God ."