"Pockets of Grace"

I wish that I could say that I was clever enough to come up with the title "Pockets of Grace" myself, but alas...I did not. "Pockets of Grace" was a quote that I stumbled upon while enjoying a day off of work reading a book by Robin Jones Gunn. Let me give you a little bit more of the contents that started me thinking...

"She used to call unexplainable circumstances such as your experience with your car 'pockets of grace.' We don't control them. We just fall into them, and God catches us and directs us in ways we never imagined."

So how sweet is that! And how true. God catches us, turns our view around, and sends into new adventures. Adventures that we would have never put our-self on. Adventures that are terrifying, thrilling, captivating, and perfect for what we needed in that moment. We have the coolest God.

I have experienced many of these 'pockets of grace' myself. While I am in the middle of a life-changing or really difficult situation it is really easy for my mind to slip into the worry and stress mode, but time passes and I look back, God's fingerprints are everywhere. It is so obvious that I just fell into a pocket of grace and God changed a few circumstances to work it all out like He intended. For His good. For things falling into place seconds, minutes, or days before I need them. For a year following college that I NEVER would have expected or even imagined in the craziest dreams, but to be at peace and full rest in where I am.