In Seinfeld Mr. Pitt is looking for an assistant who has grace. ‘You don’t have grace. You can’t have some grace. You either have grace or you don’t, Mr. Pitt tells Elaine. So, there we have it. In Seinfeld World grace was part of a checklist for a job. ‘When a person has grace, they show deep kindness, patience, and elegance in how they treat others and handle difficult situations.’ Grace is what you feel when you have made a mistake and it is not held against you. Grace is the humility of knowing we are not always right. Grace is compassion for others.
Billy B made a ruckus. He liked to stir the pot. He enjoyed chaos. Billy B was a little imp. He had learned his nefarious ways as the product of a broken home. Dad left and Mom worked two jobs to put bread on the table. As a cry for help Billy B sought attention through his bizarre behavior. He knew it was wrong and wondered if anyone cared to notice. So often whatever he did went unchallenged. He is a bad seed the old folks said. Born on the wrong side the product of his genes. ‘He will never amount to anything,’ Dad said. ‘I talk to the boy but he does not listen,’ Dad continued. ‘His mother has turned him against me,’ Dad mused.
‘I cannot respond in kind to bullies,’ Chet said. ‘Why do they call hurtful names and make fun of simple speech,’ Chet asked? ‘Pastor Meg says for us to give of the abundance that God has given us,’ Chet continued. ‘I see not fault in my brothers and sisters, they are like me…we all have our shortcomings,’ Chet offered. ‘How did Jesus on the cross tell the thief that today thou shalt be with me in paradise,’ Chet asked? ‘How did Christ say, ‘Father forgive them for they know what they do,’ Chet noted. ‘How can we sit down with our perceived enemies and break bread…understand each other…empathize with each other? ‘We are beat down but not destroyed, irrational hate has harmed us, childish name calling and lies have separated us, we will rise above petty grievances and achieve our noble calling,’ Chet proclaimed!
‘I have never seen such a long table,’ Neva J said. ‘Seated are Trump and Biden…Obama and Bush…all of the Congress and Senate the Supreme Court and at the head of the table are the poor the marginalized the voiceless the forgotten,’ Neva J noted with tears in her eyes. ‘I have not seen a table laid for so many differing views of life and yet so happy,’ Neva J laughed. ‘We are so much more alike than we are different,’ Neva J observed. ‘We have fought over triviality personal biases mistakes on all sides,’ Neva J observed. ‘It is time for some grace,’Neva J said with a dance.
