Limitless grace

God, can you give me limitless grace? I am not as kind, loving or patient as I should be. Not with everyone. I expect more from some than others. I shouldn't. I see some heart problems as lack of exposure and opportunity and other heart problems as lack of care. I shouldn’t. 

I have been judgmental. I have all but written people off. Why is it that I want to hug some to bring transformation and shake others to bring transformation?

God, I need to stop picking and choosing where I extend grace depending on who somebody is or what they have. At my core, the thing I actually care about is whether or not people know you. Despite the barriers to people seeing you being different, they are still barriers. Knowing who you are, saved me. Why would I give up on someone or judge them before that is true of them? Even if someone has everything in this world, if they don’t have you, there is still a gap. Help that gap push me closer to people, not make me run away.

I thank you God for your understanding. The more I learn, the more I’m reminded of how little I know. The more I’m reminded of how special and loving you are. The more I’m reminded of how I want to be more like you. God, I ask that you all give us more grace for each other. The story being told is that we are divided, unalike each other, and that whoever is “other” is hopeless. It’s a fine story, but it’s not yours.

Amen,

Kendall (Shechem Director)