Emphasis Preaching Journal

Part of the nature of grace is that it is always surprising; it is always unexpected. Mary certainly found that out when she learned she was pregnant and would give birth to a son. A two-year-old girl in a coffee shop experienced that same sense of surprise one day while having lunch with her father. She was enjoying her cheese sandwich and french fries when she reached for her empty glass of soda. There were only a few ice cubes left at the bottom of the glass as she tipped it upside down and shook.