It was a crowded morning in Starbucks. I was standing with several customers who formed two parallel lines leading toward the counter. As my turn came to step forward and order coffee, the young man serving me smiled and said, "Hey , how are you?"
For a frequent number of years I've been giving a particular response to that frequent question. I do it as a way of preaching the gospel to myself every day; I've also found it at times to be an effective opening for sharing the gospel with others. I used the words again that morning in Starbucks.
"Better than I deserve," I answered.
Simple. We deserve nothing, yet we get everything. We get eternal life when we deserve eternal damnation.
Every day is full of grace. Grace is all around, love is all around, God is all around.
Live with joy! We get the best deal out of this! We get everything better than we deserve for the cost of... free 99! free 99?! Free 99! :)
"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God"
2 Corinthians 5:21
