"Thank God, they passed me",
is what I common say to people when I pass an exam. I actually mean it, and mean it literally. I know language is imprecise, but we can't interpret my meaning that wildly here.
"Thank God." Because He gave me all things, life, breath, body, brain, work, opportunity, support, family, friends, nice examiners, safety from accidents, mental blanks, colleagues, children, wife, freedom, financial security, praying friends, and much more.
"They passed me." I know I did do some study, but I know what I don't know, I know how much I've done, I know what I said and what I wrote. I know the quality of other candidates, etc. Though I don't deserve to pass, "they passed me." I will take this, with gratitude and thanks.
It really is another small act of graciousness that I experience daily, as a Christian, and have experienced in ways much, much greater than passing my Fellowship today. Just to name the forgiveness of all my sins at the price of God's own Son by a just and all-knowing God for the explicit purpose of enjoying Him and His goodness forever. Some graces are greater than others, but it's all grace and I receive it all with THANKS!!!
p.s. I'm not inebriated, I did have 7 in the course of the afternoon, but I have been boring and stayed in my hotel tonight.
