QUOTE : Noah found grace amidst a perverse generation (Gen 6: 8)<br />Shem found grace within the family of Noah (Gen 9: 26)<br />Abraham found grace amidst a pagan culture (Gen 12: 1, 15: 7)<br />Isaac found grace within the family of Abraham (Genesis 17: 19)<br />Jacob found grace in the womb (Genesis 25: 23)<br />Israel found grace among the Nations (Deuteronomy 7: 6 to 11)<br />Judah found grace within the family (Genesis 49: 8 to 10) <br />David found grace within the tribe of Judah (2 Samuel 7: 11 to 16)<br />Solomon found grace within the family of David (I Kings 11: 12 & 13)<br />Rehoboam found grace within the family of Solomon (I Kings 12: 17)<br />Mary found grace among the women (Luke 1: 28)<br />The elect found grace among all the guilty sinners (Romans 8: 29, 30)<br /><br />What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on GOD, who has mercy. (Romans 9: 14 to 16)<br /><br />#You did not choose me, I chose you