Tuesday, September 19, 2000
Tuesday, September 19, 2000
From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
This special relationship we have with God is based upon Grace. This story about Bob Stamps
can teach us a few things about grace. Bob was a delightful man who was also bald. One night he
and his wife decided to go out to dinner and hired a baby sitter to take care of their little children.
While they were gone, the baby sitter got interested in a television program and wasn't watching
the children very carefully. Their little boy Peter, got into his father's electric shaver and shaved a
big landing strip right down the middle of his head.
When his father came home, he was furious. He said, "Peter! I told you never to play with my
shaver. Now you are going to get a spanking that you will never forget!" Peter was just about to
get a spanking when Peter looked up at his dad and said, "Wait until you see sister!" Bob and his
wife were horrified.
They went into the next room and there was their little four-year-old daughter with her hair
shaved off. By this time Bob was really furious. He grabbed up Peter and said, "Now you are
really going to get it."
Just as he lifted his hand and started to bring it down Peter looked up at his dad, with tears in his
eyes, and said, "But Daddy! WE WERE JUST TRYING TO LOOK LIKE YOU!" All his dad
could do was scoop up his little children. They were given love and grace.
(John 1:16
NRSV)
In the creation story, humankind is given a special place--God breathed the breath of life into
humankind. That breath of life was not shared with any other part of creation. God have humans a
special place in creation by giving them dominion over creation.
God of grace, show me the way to be graceful. Amen.
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