Caulk is Like Grace; Grace is Like Caulk



We have been doing a lot of caulking on this mission thus far. We’ve caulked to fill holes, and we’ve caulked to fill cracks. We’ve caulked to fill gashes, and we’ve caulked to fill gaps. We’ve caulked walls to paint, and we’ve caulked around a new door frame. We’ve caulked high, and we’ve caulked low. We’ve caulked with our fingers, and we’ve caulked straight from the tube. We’ve caulked and caulked and caulked so much that, at one point, we even thought we had run out of caulk. Yet a funny thing happened as we thought we needed to go out and get more; more was found.


“Caulk is like grace,” said George Hughes this morning. “It covers a lot.” Yes, caulk is like grace; it covers a lot. And when you think you might be out of it, you can find more. Grace covers a lot, too. And when you think might be out of it, you can find it again. That is what we are finding on our mission. God’s grace can be found. It is all around us. Filling us in; filling our holes, our cracks, our gashes, and our gaps. And just like caulk restores and refreshes and makes things new again, grace restores and refreshes and can make us new again. Caulk is like grace. And grace…grace is like caulk.