Amazing Grace...

Amazing Grace…

We are doing a series at church on Grace. How sweet it is. We watched a clip from a movie that I really can’t tell you the name of. I can’t remember the name to be honest.
(The setting was back in the Medieval times)The clip showed a man who was imprisoned for stealing. I believe he was stealing because of the lack of food. After time served, he was released. Anyway the law was that the person had to wear a symbol that represented that he had been convicted. This symbol prevented him from being hired by anyone and from being able to buy shelter. This man found himself in the same position as before he had gone to prison. However, a priest and his wife took in this man. The man again, stole from the priest and his wife. He was caught shortly after leaving. The priest and the wife had no knowledge of the thievery. When the guards showed up at the priests home with the man and a sack full of stolen silver, the guard waited for the priest to verify that the items were his. Instead of saying yes, these were their items and had been stolen, the priest looked at the man and said, “Oh my, you forgot to take the candle stick holders. Wife, run in and retrieve the candle sticks holders.” The guard asked the priest to verify then that he had given the man the items to sell. And the priest said, “yes, I give this man these items to sell.” The guard unbound the man and let him go. The guards then left. The wife came with the candlestick holders. The priest placed them in the bag with the other stolen goods and told the man, “now you are changed”. The man asked why? The priest let him know that Grace had been imparted to him.

Even though this man did not deserve his freedom, grace was given to him. God is good. Even when we don’t deserve it, He grants us Grace daily. I thank God for his grace.

The man went on to be great. His life took a turn to where he was put in a position to grant Grace and help others. I pray that we can grant grace so freely to others that have hurt us or somehow wronged us. This is a hard thing to do. I know. I pray for the power and strength to give grace where it has been long denied.