move that bus!

last night while watching an episode of "extreme makeover: home edition" i couldn't help but understand God a little more.
no, ty pennington isn't God, rather his generosity among the countless others in the show helped me see how God's grace works.
the past couple weeks i've battled with the concept that i am no where near worthy of all the blessings i have received, there were times where i was impatient with God and unhappy with where i was. but i am still loved and flourished with blessings, why?
well there are these people, yesterday it was the rodriguez family, that have had difficult times and are asking for a little help. none of these families write in asking for a gigantic house, tuition for their kids and the rest of the mortgage paid, rather just a way to catch up after having some sort of obstacle put in their way.. last night it was that he lost a leg in the war. but this man wasn't angry at the world, all he wanted were bigger hallways and no stairs. but the builders and designers go above and beyond their requests. they give and give and give. he got a new leg, a whole gym, a dance floor in the back yard... this is how God works.
we as humans are given so much, God goes above and beyond when he constructs our house, He gives us the spa tub in the bathroom, a big kitchen to cook, a car in the driveway and regardless of what we say and how grateful we really are (or sometimes aren't) we still are lavished with love to the point where at times, words can't describe...
so last night while watching this remarkable family accept these gifts humbly, the father kept emphasizing that this will just start a ripple and that so many people will be effected with what they were given.
it all reminds me of pepperdine's motto (yes, i am quoting it...) "freely you have received, freely give" (matthew 10:8)
God's grace is beyond comprehensible, but there are little things in the world that help me bring it to my level of understanding...