The Grace of Understanding
Photo: (c) 2018 Rev. Linda M. Rhinehart Neas Walking along the shore a few weeks ago, I thought about how life can be like the ocean. We see what is on top, but rarely do we see what is going on underneath. As we begin the third week of our journey into the many aspects of Grace, I recall the first time I realized that humans are capable of stepping out of a situation and looking at it from the outside, in. I was young, and the situation involved adults who were talking in low voices, as adults do when they don't want children to hear. Fifty odd years later, I can't tell you what was said, but I do remember seeing the situation in my mind as if I was, what they call in literature, an "omniscient observer." Later that day, I spoke to my mother, telling her why I thought my mother's friend was upset. I theorized that there was great sadness in her life and that she wasn't dealing with it well. Of course, my mother was rather shocked to hear thi...