Pick and Choose Grace

Grace is a huge concept. I am learning that I love to give it...when it's convenient for me. I love to withhold it when I am angry. I was talking about a parable in the Bible with my boss the other day. He was saying he disliked when someone that owed him a lot of money held a small amount over someone elses head when he doesn't do that to them. I told him of a very similar parable in the Bible of the king that waived a debt owed by his servant that was a huge sum. This servant then turned around and tries to get a smaller amount from his friend. I just find it interesting that we are so willing to accept grace but have trouble giving it. I know I do. Ask my parents, ask my friends....I am not really gracious. I was talking to a friend about how we tend to give grace in some areas, to some people, but in others we just decide not to. Grace is a beautiful thing. It is the only thing holding me up and the only thing that keeps me moving. There are times when I just ask God why, and then I remember that He owes me nothing. He didn't even have to save this miserable wretch. He did anyway though. People ask why life hurts so much. We make it that way. That ain't God, that's for sure. He is trying to reveal peace and grace to us and we run. That is what causes hurt. There are times when random things happen beyond our control but in the end...God gets glorified and that is all that matters. There are times when I wonder why and like a friend pointed out to me, these verses explain why. That is all I can fall back on. We are called to rejoice and do good in our lives as verse 12 says. My job on earth is to glorify God in everything I do.