This morning, I spent time thanking God… that I woke up. I’m serious. I thought about all the ways I could have died last night:

• My heart could have just stopped.
• A stroke could have taken me.
• Mortal infection could have set in.
• A thunderstorm could have sent a tree crashing through my bedroom.
• A gas leak could have obliterated our block.
• A meteor could have landed right on my house.

Thousands of people in this country died last night - some in peaceful ways, some violent. I didn’t. I certainly deserve to, given my many sins against the Holy God. And yet here I sit, breathing, sipping strong coffee, and typing away on an exquisite peice of technology. I don’t deserve this!

I once heard someone say that grace is getting what you don’t deserve and mercy is not getting what you do deserve. There is probably more we would want to say, but that is a very good start. I’m still alive this morning because of the grace and mercy of God!

Makes me think of one of the verses I read in my quiet time yesterday morning:

“You are good and do good…” Psalm 119:68a

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