Grace for the Moment

I was touched this morning by a young man who looked to be about 30 or so at the monthly S-V Area Lifeline food distribution (the local food pantry of the Ministerial Alliance). He came in apologizing for his family’s need. He shared with me that he had never sought help from a food pantry before and stated “I can’t believe I’m the one needing help.” I share this because too often good people (that’s us in the churches) get the notion that those who need help are the lazy, good-for-nothing bums who are always looking for their next handout so they can spend their money on alcohol. That’s not the case…not every time! I also raise the incident because I am reminded that “there but by the grace of God go I.” These are tough days that affect all of us to some degree. Thankfully some of us are only affected minimally, while others have lost all hope in the things of this life they trusted: their job, their pension, their home, in the future. To us, God has given great opportunities to share, not only our money, but more importantly our Savior. We are to illumine these dark days with the Savior’s light! I would hate to go thru these times without full knowledge of the saving grace of the Lord, that’s what is able to sustain us; I know that whether I go thru it with much or with little, I will go thru it with grace.