Chapter three: Grace
Grace holds an important role in religious thought, but you don’t have to be a religious person to appreciate the role of grace in how we interact with each other. In the scriptures, grace refers to the love God shows for us that we haven’t earned or don’t deserve. It is the basis for His willingness to suffer with and for us, to help us grow, and to forgive us of sin and stupidity. In every day human life, the degree to which we have learned grace shows up in how we treat others who have wronged us or who we think might not merit being treated well. Like the driver who cuts us off on the freeway. Or the family member who accuses us falsely, does things that cause us pain, or takes out their frustrations on us unfairly. I found my grace level was not where I wanted it to be during the first few days after my surgery. As part of my tongue re-construction the surgeons placed a breathing tube in my throat. ( They did this to prevent me from breathing thr...