Brayden Harrington may not be a name you remember, but he shared a moment of grace. Brayden has a serious stutter issue. Children with that issue are often the subject of teasing by others which may leave them feeling isolated and alone. They may choose to be alone to avoid humiliation. They may not offer an answer to a question by the teacher even they know the answer. Often added to that is the embarrassment of being removed from the classroom for speech therapy.
Brayden, however had a moment of grace. When Joe Biden was in New Hampshire he met Brayden and they spent time together. Brayden was shown how to mark a paper so that when he had to read aloud it was easier. The moment of grace wasn't so much that he was shown something new or different. It was that someone with the same disability took time to share in their experiences. As Biden put it, "We belong to the same club".
When Brayden shared that moment of grace on national television, it was a gift of God for all who were watching. It's not that Brayden read something flawlessly, he didn't. The gift of God for us was that he chose to share that moment of grace.
Isn't this how God's gift of grace is shared? Isn't it when a Christian unconditionally accepts another just as that person is? The power of spending a moment of grace with someone may be a transforming moment for him or her.
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