Grace Happenings

I went over to my wife's coworker's house last night. She had some boxes to give us because we are moving next week. While we were there she asked if I would help her try to figure out why her garbage disposal and outlet by her sink wouldn't work. As she was talking I saw a reset button on one of the other outlets and dumbly pushed it. As I did that, she was saying, "See it just stopped work..." at that time she flicked the switched and low and behold the garbage disposal began to grind away, doing its job.

She was elated that it was working again. I thought that she was going to pick me up and spin me around. The look of joy and relief on her face was simply priceless. In that moment, I experienced undeserved grace. Thanks and more thanks came from her mouth. And all I did was push a button, but what she experienced was freedom. One never knows what actions will lead to. Gratitude is amazing. It's infectious and beautiful, and not always expressed as it ought. When one woman is so grateful for her garbage disposal working again, how great it is to be reminded of all the gratitude I have for all the wonderful and unexpected little grace happenings in my life.