Grace in Every Situation

       "We need to give Grace in every situation even if it is a situation we don't understand. That's all the more reason to give Grace. God might be working through that certain situation so giving the Grace that that person needs and giving God room to work it all out is worth it in the end." 
        This saying is something I have came up with during this past week and learning a lot about grace through everything that I can. I feel like I have seen God's Grace work and is working through my life a lot right now and He is teaching me how to give it and recieve it. It isn't a one time gift like we usually think it is. We give our lives over to God and then that's it. Grace is a gift He gives us everyday because we, as humans, are sinners and we mess up everyday. Why I'm just now seeing and understanding this I have no idea. Maybe it's because I have situations in my life now that show me it? Maybe it's because I need to give grace a lot more at my job? I have two examples that I will write about here. 
             First is one about the little girl with two colored eyes. She gets me every time and she is a girl I will remember for sure even if she is the only one I remember. To me, she showed grace to people as a 5 year old but she probably doesn't know what that is. Here is how. Instead of getting mad at people for asking about her eyes, she would just say "God made me that way" and smile and that would be it. She wouldn't let it get to her or she wouldn't let it show anyways if it did. It's like she was saying "I might be different and it might be strange to you but it's okay with me because God made me like this." She is giving them grace by not making and big deal about it and forgiving them. I know when people use to wonder why I talk the way I do I would say nothing and be mad at them and ashamed at myself on the inside. That's when I would usually shut down in a new place. Now I look past it and it doesn't bother me anymore because I'm okay with it and I should be by now. That's me seeing someone else give a person or people Grace.
             Second is one about where I have to give someone Grace. Just as the little girl respected the other people around her no matter what they said about her eyes, I need to give grace and respect the people around me too. People might not think it's a big deal to me but I don't let go of things even of the smallest things very easily. I try to firugre out why that person said what they did or do what they do but I can't firgure it out even if I did I can't change their ideas or what they think of me. I don't have that power. Only God does. :) I won't tell any thing out of respect for the person but I'm in a middle of a situation where I have to give that person Grace and go on. I have to respect them for them and move on in my life. I have to stop trying to fix things with "my" grace and "my" way and let God have His Way in it. His Way is always better. If you don't let go of a situation there is no room for God to work through or with it. This is with everything in my life not just that one situation. It's mainly with my future because I'm so scared that I don't have a plan for it and have no idea what is next. 
               I have a favorite saying that is: "As children bring their broken toys to us to mend, I bring my broken dreams to God. I asked Him, "What is taking so long?" and He said, "my child, what could I do you never did let go." It's not mine, it's from a poem that I do not know who wrote it and it's not excat words but close. It was just on my bathroom wall while I was growing up. It desicrbes what Grace does so perfectly not that I think about it. 
               
             A challenging thought: "Grace is not just for me. Grace is more for the people around me. Grace is showing that God still Loves them and me no matter how many times we mess up. When God shows me Grace, then I should show other people Grace too."