When We Get What We Don't Deserve - Grace

Sometimes we get what we don’t deserve. We try our hardest to accomplish a goal but in the end our efforts are empty, and yet, somehow from the reaches of grace, our goal is accomplished not by our efforts but by the wonders of Him who works out everything according to his purposes and plan. I have been amazed this past week, not at all by the works of my hands, but by the wonders that God has accomplished in the work that was before me to accomplish.
I began the week loading up trucks full of our hygiene kits to distribute to over 5000 people north of here. The morning was chaotic, with confusion over the type of vehicle we had chosen and the number we needed to carry our load. After several hours of loading, we had seven large trucks loaded down with the kits and we hit the road. A few of the trucks took longer than expected to arrive at our destination and at one point we thought we would have to delay our distribution while we waited for them to arrive the next morning. But then, just as we were making plans to postpone the work, the trucks arrived and our plan went on as arranged.
We awoke early in the morning and laid out our two distribution sights with some rope while people began to arrive by the hundreds. By 9am, as we began our program for the day, there were several thousand people gathered waiting for their kits. We had two sights operating simultaneously and as we began there were moments of chaos as the people who had gathered jostled on another to be allowed in to get their kit. After some adjustments to the way in which we were allowing people into our roped off area things began to go more smoothly and once people realized that they would each get their kit everyone calmed down and the day continued without much trouble. By 3pm the distribution at both sights was finished.
I cannot even begin to describe what a miracle it was to distribute all 5000 kits in one day, let alone with time to spare. There were plenty of opportunities for people to become upset or to cause trouble at the distribution. Whenever there are large masses of people all eager to get some much needed supplies the situation is quite fragile and the mood can change very quickly. Thankfully, in answer to prayer, our distribution went extremely well.