God and Pianos

I had shared that I bought a used keyboard and all that meant to me: https://thrugracealone.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=802&action=edit

Yesterday that story got even better. I gave away a keyboard at Christmas. Last night I came home with a full digital piano… for free. It’s older but it’s fantastic, something I dreamed of owning for a very long time. As I practice, I’m relearning faster than I thought I would. And whereas the keyboard I’d given away at Christmas was a reminder of so many past wounds, now there is a piano sitting in my living room that is a reminder of all God’s provision and plans even in the midst of our pain… and of his love and grace even in the midst of our unbelief.

I have hesitated to use the word “grace” to describe all that’s happened. The word “grace” always seemed a bit nebulous to me. John Wesley stated that grace is “the undeserved, unmerited, and loving action of God in human existence through the ever-present Holy Spirit,” and Bishop Will Willimon describes grace as “the power of God working in you to give you a transformed life.” (umc.org)

Yes, grace. There’s no other way, actually, to describe or define any of this.