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Like you, there have been a number of moments when I have experienced God’s grace in my life. There were the narrow escapes from car accidents, the minor concussions in sports activities that were a bump away from major, or the flashes of insight into how to solve a difficult problem. All of us can point to ways that God has sustained and protected us by his grace.
But there is more to grace than moments of good fortune. One particularly powerful experience of grace happened for me forty years ago at a parish prayer meeting. I only went to see an old friend, but the Holy Spirit had other plans. That night, he filled me with his presence and love in a way that I had never known before. It was a moment of conversion for me, a moment of deep grace.
Then there was the time a few years later when I was at the same prayer meeting, and another man there stood up and said: “I want to give my whole life to the Lord.” At that moment, I realized that I couldn’t say the same thing—but I knew I should. There was a grace in that man’s words that led me to abandon…
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