July 5 - But For The Grace Of God

But For The Grace of God, that's what I need to focus on today. I am not a puppet. God does not pull my strings and make me do things. He gives me choices to make and opportunities to act upon. What I do with what he offers me is up to me. Some people refer to that as free will. During that moment when I choose, that is the moment of god's grace. At least that's how I look at it. You might look at it another way. That's your choice.

It's ironic. later today, we are meeting up with the lady who is doing an article on us for a magazine. She wants a photo of us with the award we received for family volunteers of the year from the Province. Nancy thought we should have the photo taken down by the bridge I used to sleep under and would very likely have died under, had it not been for a choice I made many years ago during one such moment, during the grace of god.

Know what I mean. Jellybean.

Note: first printed July 5, 2016