GRACE....

How do you define the word "GRACE"....I see it as an unmerited favor...Grace is getting what you don't deserve but most individual see and take this unmerited favor like its their birthright. They have abused this Grace and it is now being misused. Grace comes into play the moment everything seems bleak.. Grace is the strong bond we have with God that is still waxing strong till eternity. Grace is what we experience the moment we ask for the forgiveness of our sins... GRACE is a five lettered word that can make a crooked life straight and the race of life interesting. Sometimes i just pause to reflect back on my life from my beginning to where God has brought me to and i can boldly say that i am a living testimony of God's Grace. I remember a particular incident that happened to me while growing up that would have left me paralyzed but God's Grace stepped in. I was suppose to go for an evangelism with my siblings but i stayed behind in the Church not because i didn't want to go for the evangelism but because i wanted to go with a group of friends to see a member of ours that didn't come to Church that day. On the way, i saw my dad and he asked me where i was going to. I lied that i was going for the evangelism. Few minutes later, while crossing the road to greet a relative of mine, i got knocked down by a motorbike carrying a really hefty man. After i got knocked down, the drive lost control and climbed my legs the way you will climb bumper on Nigerian road. I was in so much pain. I couldn't stand, i couldn't even cry. I was carried to the clinic and one of the girls i was with was sent back to the church to tell the Children Pastor what happened. Few minutes later, the Pastor came to the clinic with my Parents. Immediately i saw my Father's face, i knew i was dead. He wasn't saying anything but i know he was boiling inside and he couldn't believe that not only did i lie to him, but i also ended up in the hospital (double Gobe for me). The ride back home was full of anger and tension. Due to this accident i had to leave school for about 5 months and then i was in Junior Secondary School. I had a very painful and uncomfortable life during that period. Things i could do before, i could no longer do them. I needed assistance for everything and i was practically handicapped. I bless God for my mother because she was my legs at that point in time. After few days and my dad was still not saying anything to me neither was he responding to the things i say, i became very worried and i felt very remorseful and i went to God, asking him for forgiveness and begging him to talk to my dad for me. The following day, i wrote a very long letter to my dad begging him for forgiveness. Well, his reply took quite sometime before it came. I had my legs painfully massaged and what the enemy planned was aborted. Today, my two legs are intact and the Father-Daughter relationship is blossoming everyday.
                My main aim for telling you this is not to tickle your fantasy but to let you know that the enemy don't have the final say over the matters of your life. You might have committed so many sins in the past but you should not condemn yourself yet because your Father haven't condemned you yet. Don't listen to whatever the enemy might be telling you...you will not blame him naw...he is just doing his job but it is up to you to put the enemy where he rightfully belong without letting anything he says get to you. Remember that God's Grace is sufficient for you and His power is made perfect even in your weakness(2Corinthians 12 vs 21) so don't give up now because your best is yet to come. Your Latter will be greater than your past.