Too Picky Grace

Someone had made a nice salad for me, but something slimy came out of the vinegar bottle. I must have screeched a little when I saw this silver dollar sized blob of slime plop onto my salad. The more I thought about this, the more the mere thought of eating the salad made my stomach queezy. 

The person who made the salad had seen the slime blob, but thought I was making a big deal about nothing, so I offered that person the salad I wasn't going to eat. Although I can understand now how that sounds sarcastic, it truly wasn't my intent. 

After much counterproductive banter, I needed some quiet time to say a brief prayer. I thought I was being prayerful about the other person's actions, but it turns out that I needed to be praying for Too Picky Grace. Once I was open to listening, I felt Christ's calm and went and apologized to the other person. Regardless of how the slime blob grossed me out, I needed to be sensitive to how it made the person feel who made the salad and make amends.

Snide Remark Grace

Have you ever been around anyone who makes snide remarks that just get under your skin? These little digs are extremely frustrating and give the other person the power to make us upset.

Instead of buying into those snide remarks, I would do much better in the future, if I would say a brief prayer about Snide Remark Grace, so I don't fuel the fire that the other person is trying to kindle.

Double Standard Grace

Someone had shared some food, which was very thoughtful. It appeared that there were somethings that would only feed one, but not all. I was upset, at first, when I saw that someone grabbed up what was desired with no thought of sharing it with others.

I went from frustrated, to being prayerful about the situation until it no longer bothered me. During my prayerful time, Christ led me to remember that I had eyed the same foods and might not have seen it as rude to take it solely for myself, as I have done at other times in my life. With this in mind, I needed to be prayerful about having a Double Standard Grace, judging others by something I'm guilty of doing myself.

Skimmer's Grace

We recently had our credit card compromised. Things of this nature irritate me to no end, especially because it's such a deliberate, calculating type of crime that affects so many people.  Anyway, I talked with the Fraud Department at our bank to get the matter rectified.

The next day when I said my prayers, it came into my mind to ask for Skimmer's Grace, so that Christ would turn around the lives of people who do skimming, identity theft, etc, so that they would come to know Christ in their lives and lead the lives that He would want of them. 

I was amazed at how much calmer I felt about the situation, although that hadn't been the intent of this brief prayer. I need to start praying for the Telemarketers, etc., as well.