A fellow traveler shared this story with me.
?My brother was having surgery and I was asked by another family member to get to the hospital beforehand as he was alone and afraid. No one else could get there at the time. This was a request I was uncomfortable with since this is the brother who had molested me when I was 7 years old. As I was driving to the hospital, I prayed to God, ?Please give me the grace to do this, to be there for my brother.?
I was sitting with him in his hospital room when the nurse came in. I looked at her name tag, her name, Grace. I knew then I was alright but something happened in that hospital room for both my brother and me. The word ?innocence? was what I heard. No one spoke it outwardly, but I heard it.
To this day I am still trying to understand this ego versus spirit. Ego would say I am a victim, I am the wounded one, but Spirit spoke: We were both in a state of innocence.
Spirit raised me up that day to a higher view. We were both in a state of innocence; there is no blame, no pay back. We are both children of God. God loves us both, we are innocence.?
When I heard this story and how it transformed the life of my friend, I felt it needed to be heard. Each one of us has a story of inner transformation, where Grace shows up and helps us. It is one of the beauties of life to share these moments with each other.
?Melanie
May we all be blessed with those moments when GRACE takes over. And more importantly to recognize Her when she shows up for us.