Cookie Grace

Have you ever been with someone who is low blood sugar and you tried to remind them of why that is happening? It's not one of my better choices in life.  Now, I can understand this, because I have Hypoglycemia and when I eat processed sugar, like in ice cream, or skip a meal, I get low blood sugar.

 Sometimes it's easy when you think you understand these things, that you can enlighten other people to spare them future anguish, but that's not generally how it goes. I was around someone who was showing signs of low blood sugar. I call it the Cranky-Crabbies and have been guilty of this myself more times than I would like to admit.

 Well, this time, I tried to explain the reason they were feeling so frustrated with everything had more to do with all the cookies they had eaten a little earlier than what was actually going on at the time. BIG mistake! That person not only didn't listen to what I shared, so they could better understand, they got upset with me. At that point, I prayed for Christ to give me Cookie Grace, so the other person and I could both move forward and for this to not be something that harmed our future interactions.

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?