Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void. -SIMONE WElL
Grace is direct Divine intervention on our behalf that circumvents the laws of nature-time, space, cause and effect, the availability of parking for our Highest Good.
Theologians tell us that grace is an unmerited demonstration of God's love, proof that we're not in this alone. Considering that most of us operate under the assumption that daily life is a one-woman battleground, it's no wonder we're amazed when out of the blue, the Force suddenly seems to be with us.
Grace is the Force-a spiritual energy field that protects and assists. Grace is Spirit's test flight; we seem to glide through the moment, the encounter, the day, without friction. We experience Real Life.
We access grace like every other spiritual tool, by asking for it specifically and regularly. In the morning you brush your teeth, put on the kettle or the coffee maker. Now that you're awake, gratefully and expectantly ask for one day's portion of grace.
The kids eat their breakfast, get dressed without fuss, and are out the door on time. The bus driver waits for you. The day unfolds in blissful uneventfulness. Someone asks if you've lost weight. You realize you're smiling at four o'clock in the afternoon. You think, maybe there's something to this.
The next day you ask for grace. Eventually you get to the point where asking for grace is as natural and as necessary as breathing.