Mrs. Kinder, my son Jacob’s second grade teacher, told us on orientation night, “I’m big on mercy. So, throughout the year, we’ll be having grace and mercy days.”
What happens on grace and mercy days? Bottom line: everyone gets a green “S.” “S” stands for “satisfactory” and “green” is the best color “S” you can get. It all has to do with your conduct that day–did you follow directions, were you quiet when told, did you treat your fellow students correctly, did you complete your work on time, etc?
Yesterday was their first grace and mercy day. Jacob told me one boy had earned an “N”-not satisfactory. Apparently he did not follow directions, was not quiet, did not treat a student correctly, or did not complete his work on time. But when it came time for Mrs. Kinder to write something down on the boy’s paper that goes home every night and must be signed by parents every night, she did not write an “N.” She wrote a green S. It was grace and mercy day.
Seems to me that every day with God is a grace and mercy day. Seems to me there are very few days when my actual conduct merits a green S. Yet every day, because of his grace and mercy, God writes that green S down on my record.
Not a bad lesson to learn in second grade.
