Dear bus driver,
I've been travelling up and down this country long enough to know the rules; you can't go wrong with time. If you are late for anything here i.e bus, train, or even an event, 99% of the time, you'll probably miss it. Today I missed my train; then when I finally caught the next one, I knew I was going to miss the coach I had booked a ticket on for the second leg to of my journey.So as soon as I got off the train, I ran and walked as fast as my legs could carry me to get to the bus station.I still missed the bus, I was devastated. Catching the next one would cost time and money, and a lot of it. I had a non-refundable ticket.
Then I had an idea. I decided to muster the courage to request you to let me board the next coach on my now invalid ticket. You were right when you replied I didn't deserve to go anywhere. I had lost my chance and I had booked a cheap ticket. I don't know what compelled you to let me on that bus.
I dont know what you call it, but for me, that was grace; an undeserved favour.
Maybe you do this everyday, but your little act of kindness today has had a great impact on me. I have been reminded what God's grace is all about.
We all try to follow the rules. We try hard to be good. And yet, even at our best we fall short, we fall, we sin and buses and trains leave without us. Opportunities are lost, we disrupt God's great plans for our lives. Our failures keep mounting. The law condemns us. We don't deserve second chances, especially when God knows all too well that he might have to give a million more before we even begin to get the point.
That's where His grace comes in and his love shines through. It didn't cost us anything, yet it cost him his son. We can't earn it, we can't pay it back. All we can do is to accept it with gratitude.If God had struck me dead the moment I sinned against him, I should have been dead long ago, many times over, in fact. I
thank God everyday for his seemingly endless shower of grace upon me. And dear sir, I want to thank you for dispensing grace today and reminding me of God's great love. Thank you for that sermon,its one of the best I've ever heard. Its impossible to bless others without being blessed yourself in the process; I have been showered by grace, I wish I could learn to shower it on others.
