That trial which has come upon you is not apart from the Lord’s purpose to make you still better. There is but one source of supply for Grace and that source is God Himself. He gives Grace and He gives more Grace, otherwise there would be none whatever among the sons of men. The incident took place, the child was bitten, the administration blames you, and you feel set up, yet He finds the way by which His Grace can come, and He directs the way of it, and the measure and manner of it, and He does it all in wisdom and prudence.
Remember, if the Grace of God prevents our affliction from driving us into sin, then Satan is defeated. Satan did not care what Job suffered, so long as he could make him sin. You stand now where human charge is laid against you, yet in this is the focus of God’s interposing Grace. The great self-sacrifice of God is the great victory of Divine Grace. You did not desire to be put among the two-year-olds; they knew you struggled, yet you went. And it is a blessed sign of the work of grace in the heart when a soul begins to consider God in the midst of such injustice. You cry, "Will He plead against me with His great power?" No, but He will put strength in you. You have asked for grace that you be not fired; but what if God intends by this very shaking to bring you burning grace for burning moments?
Consider this, you have been with the school for twelve years. Look back and see the preceding Grace, the preventive Grace, the restraining Grace that has kept you. It is impossible to say concerning the elect when the Grace of God begins to deal with them. You can tell when quickening Grace comes, but not when Grace itself began. That same Grace which planted you among the infants when the two-year-olds went ill, that same Grace which carries you now, is Free Grace, sovereign, unsought, unmerited. If He saves you from dismissal, it must be free grace alone. If the way opens, it will be because He gives more Grace, and crowns that Grace with glory too.
Yet mark this, Job had uttered rash challenges, thinking there was no mediator, wishing the rod removed. But when Jehovah spoke, Job bowed his head and repented of all his suspicions and mistrusts. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. That is the glory with which Grace covered him. And you, standing in this uncertainty, must yield not merely because you must, but because you trust. Say in your heart, "It is the Lord, let Him do what seems good to Him." You feel you have been made the last straw, but they who are in the covenant of grace find that storms are the triumph of His art, and Grace can steer the ship the better for tempestuous waves.
Your husband’s inconsistent pay, the new home, the weight of expenses, here again is the wilderness into which God plants the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the oil tree. No little Grace will He bestow, but endless Grace and boundless Grace. The Grace that poured in torrents from that pierced side is the same Grace that heaved and struggled convulsively for you in every earthly need. Sin did us untold damage, but Grace has given us more than sin ever took away. Rest on His Grace, and hope in His mercy. The eyes of Grace are the suns of the spiritual universe, and they shine even upon Monday morning and the word of the administration.
Do not, therefore, let the fear of man or the dread of loss drive you to despair. God gives His Grace freely in the most emphatic sense. His Sovereign Grace is of Himself, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy. All along, from sin’s pit to Heaven’s gate, without a break, the whole road is paved with Divine Grace. Whether you stand in that classroom again or are sent another way, Grace shall put you on the right hand, Grace shall robe you about with Jesus’ righteousness, and Grace shall make you bold to stand where sinners tremble. May it be your happy lot to sail upon that sea of Grace, for fathom it you never can.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
