“Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.” John 1:16

Everyday, at about the same time, my wife and I approach the up coming question of the evening with a strange sense of foreboding. The question? “So…what what do you want to eat tonight?” Last night neither of us had the desire to work the process, so we settled on a frozen pizza. Which caused me another problem. If I’m going to eat that stuff, I HAVE to have something good to wash it down with!

Growing up, my father ALWAYS had Nestles Quick with dinner. He’d spoon that stuff into a glass of milk and let it slowly settle to the bottom before stirring it in. Suddenly I had a hankerin’ for it! I popped the pizza in the oven and headed QUICKLY to the store. I had 25 minutes! The first store didn’t have the small packets I usually get. The second store only had a gigantic BIG container… more than I really needed! Being sure my hankerin’ would not subside without it, I bought it anyway!

How did the meal go? Well… I DID tell you it was frozen pizza… right? So there is NO big yippie EEEEhaww about that. But what I washed it down with was really VERY good! And it made all the difference in the world! This morning, reflecting back on this silly experience, I find that there just might be a lesson for me to hold on to.

After the fall, when sin had separated man from God and eternal death was our only alternative, God in His mercy instituted ‘The Law.’ Though NO man could keep it, it DID provide a much needed GRACE. Who in their right mind would not rather sacrifice a goat to save their own skin? Which begs the foreboding question… how would that even be a reasonable choice?

There is a song that says, ‘”He came down to my level, when I couldn’t get up to His.” The expensive and gruesome act of redemption by blood was not a great choice for mankind. Not comprehending, man didn’t even have a taste for it. So God, in His Love, overextended His Grace and graced me with even GREATER Grace. The gift of His Son!

Sometimes I look at life and it is REALLY GOOD! Other times, not so much. My attitudes and desires can change like the wind. Often times I feel like those Israelites in the desert… not really contented with manna but complaining and desiring frozen pizza! The only thing that seems to help is to know that My Heavenly Father has given me a GREAT BIG OUTPOURING of His Grace to wash down with my fickle life. And I have MORE than I need to do just that!