Inadequate Information Grace

There was a situation where I was dependent on the information from a medical professional, recently. The person was very nice and took a long time with me, but sent me home with inadequate information.

 In trying to move forward, I tried to watch videos that showed me what I needed to know. Unfortunately, videos aren't necessarily able to show every aspect of what you need to know on a particular topic. I tried moving forward from with the information I had gotten from these videos, but ended up getting injured, which slowed down my progress.

 I secretly blamed the medical professional for not giving me the adequate information to start with. I don't think I should have had to figure it out myself or watch lots of videos trying to glean what I needed to know. 

 Then, it dawn on me, Christ's Grace is given to us when we've done wrong, but He loves us and forgives us, regardless of what we've done. I realized that I needed to have Inadequate Information Grace toward that medical professional. First off, people that are knowledgeable on a topic, sometimes assume that others know what they are talking about. Obviously, I didn't, but that's not the point. The point is that Christ wants me to be gracious to others regardless of what they did, whether they should have done something else, or otherwise. As soon, as He reminded me of this, I felt less anger and resentment toward the medical professional. 

Example of a Brief Prayer

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15:11

I was with someone who was scooping up some free popcorn. They didn't ask me if I wanted any. The person told me that I should get a bag of popcorn and then took it from my hands. They wanted me to get the popcorn for them to eat later.

It's such a silly thing, but it really did irritate me. Didn't that person think about whether I wanted some or not? Couldn't they have asked me if I wanted some before they took it from my hands? I found myself getting frustrated at that person. Then, it popped into my mind that that's not what Christ wants of me. He wants me to be gracious to those who irritate me, but I was too frustrated to be gracious at that moment.

What I prayed was, "Popcorn Grace," and immediately Christ calmed me down, so that I didn't respond to the person in a less than positive manner. Although the "Popcorn Grace" prayer was very brief, I was asking Christ to please give me grace with this popcorn situation, so I would respond in a gracious manner, and He did! It amazed me that He knew and understood my brief prayer and granted me that grace, so I could be more gracious as an example of how He works in my life! I have continued to use these brief prayers which are changing my life and my response to others. If Christ can do this for me, He can most certainly do it for you, as well. Try it...what can it hurt?