I was driving in Adelaide recently and saw a truck with the logo Grace: always more.
How good is that, I thought.
Grace is a common enough word. It's name still used now, even as it was over 100 years ago for my Auntie Grace - great-auntie actually, long dead. Her name was Grace Lilian - the only one of her 10 siblings who only scored two names. There was Percival George James and my grandma Evangeline Sarah Olive, commonly known as Sadie.. And Amazing Grace, the song, ) has been almost done to death. Great words...
Through many dangers, toils and snares
We have already come.
T'was grace that brought us safe thus far
And grace will lead us home,
...but sung so often we're almost immune to their impact.
So that truck made me think. About grace. About God's grace. And I thought about some of my family. One of my daughters (People say,' I met your beautiful daughter usually referring to the one that lives nearby to which I say, 'I have two beautiful daughters.'
Well, the younger one has a guest accommodation palce at Deep Creek.
The Sanctuary https://www.stayz.com.au/holiday-rental/p9191560
Blatant advertising here!
This property is large with a dam and frequented by kangaroos which guests love to watch. In the recent summer when things were very dry and there was no water in the dam, the kangaroos came looking for the water bowl put out for the birds and could be seen slowing lapping. The shortage of grass was noticeable and they even resorted to eating the rose bushes. Ouch!
My daughter and her bloke live nearby on a smaller property and just before Christmas last year adopted a little kangaroo called Roody (Roodolph - get it?) who needed a home. He needed nurturing with bottle feeds day and night and time snuggled in his pillowcase pouch near to them. We celebrated Christmas with the whole family there and Roody even appeared in the annual Christmas family photo.
Now that he is bigger, does he need to seek water from the bird bowl or eat rose bushes? No way. He has everything he needs and more. He enjoys being inside with his people, he is often hand fed with treats (within the proper guidelines for his well-being, of course) and has is very much part of the family.
The kangas at The Sanctuary have what they need and mostly get by okay. Roody has found a forever home and has what he needs and so much more. That's Grace. God's Grace is like that. Grace: always more.
Now about that truck. I was intrigued to discover it was the slogan of a removals company. Hmm!
Blatant advertising here!
This property is large with a dam and frequented by kangaroos which guests love to watch. In the recent summer when things were very dry and there was no water in the dam, the kangaroos came looking for the water bowl put out for the birds and could be seen slowing lapping. The shortage of grass was noticeable and they even resorted to eating the rose bushes. Ouch!
My daughter and her bloke live nearby on a smaller property and just before Christmas last year adopted a little kangaroo called Roody (Roodolph - get it?) who needed a home. He needed nurturing with bottle feeds day and night and time snuggled in his pillowcase pouch near to them. We celebrated Christmas with the whole family there and Roody even appeared in the annual Christmas family photo.
Now that he is bigger, does he need to seek water from the bird bowl or eat rose bushes? No way. He has everything he needs and more. He enjoys being inside with his people, he is often hand fed with treats (within the proper guidelines for his well-being, of course) and has is very much part of the family.
The kangas at The Sanctuary have what they need and mostly get by okay. Roody has found a forever home and has what he needs and so much more. That's Grace. God's Grace is like that. Grace: always more.
Now about that truck. I was intrigued to discover it was the slogan of a removals company. Hmm!
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