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To Extend Grace, or Stand Your Ground?

To Extend Grace, or Stand Your Ground?

Sometimes it's a conundrum

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Frank Ritchie
Feb 04, 2025
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Dear reader,

On Friday we moved house. We’ve been in the new home and things are already being done to shape it into what we need.

The builder has got cracking on some minor alterations, two carpeting companies have been in to give quotes, a plumber has begun some work we need them to do, a painter will come to quote next week, gardens are being worked on, and I’ve even done a few handy tasks… like unblocking a drain in the driveway when we ended up with a massive pool of water from a quick downpour on Sunday that saw that pool of water still there when we got up on Monday morning morning… it was an unexpected little bit of flooding, but I managed to get the drain unblocked.

So it’s all go.

The move wasn’t without a solid hiccup that had my wife, daughter, and myself discussing grace and justice.

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