Unmerited Favor and Grace

 

It has been a month of exhausting highs and lows here in our household.  Yes, it has been a hot sec since I last posted.  I have some objectives today.

I added a car key and diagram of a car accident to our shadow box today (See the Fingerprints of God) post.  On 8/2 Savannah was involved in a hit and run accident.  She was hit from behind by a truck while traveling in the middle lane of a three lane highway.  She lost control of her vehicle and swerved to the right onto the shoulder and then her vehicle rolled to the left landing upside down in the far left-hand lane.  

So many miracles: 

• she didn't end up in oncoming traffic
• the car was not hit a second time
• she exited the vehicle on the traffic side without being hit
• her injuries were soreness and bruising, no embedded glass

In short order she has been tasked with finding a car (done)  and housing (could use some prayer here) as she prepares to start a new job. 

Why did I call this post "Unmerited Favor and Grace?" I did so because we don't deserve to get the good news that our daughter is okay after such an accident any more than our friends deserved to get the bad news that their son was shot to death this month.  We aren't special... but God.  May He be glorified in this.

I also write this post to ask that you pray.  In the last two weeks, I have learned of two fairly young adults who have died from COVID.  I can name three men who are currently in ICU and have been for weeks fighting organ shut down and for their lives against COVID.  All three of them have children elementary aged or younger. Please pray for them.  Pray that God would be glorified in the lives of these servants.  Please ask that they fully recover and raise the children entrusted to them. Pray for the strength and peace their brides need and for loving, trustworthy caregivers for their children. Pray for the words used in the presence of their children that they would not cause undo fear and anxiety.  Pray for wisdom for the medical staff attending to them.  Pray for rest for the weary in this battle.  Pray that God's will be done. Please pray, pray, pray.