The other day I was reading The Sense of the Call by Marva J. Dawn and was reminded again of one of the truths that has and is transforming my life. God really accepts me - plain and simple - without me doing anything to deserve it.
Ms. Dawn quotes Eugene Peterson who wrote, "We do not progress in the Christian life by becoming more competent, more knowledgeable, more virtuous, more energetic. We do not advance in the Christian life by acquiring expertise. Each day, and many times each day, we return to Square One...We hear Jesus say, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Mt.18:3). And so we become as little children...we adore and we listen....The world does not need more of you; it needs more of God.... The Christian life consists in what God does for us, not what we do for God."
God, I don't deserve Your grace, but I am so thankful for it. Continue to mold me into the child you want me to be.
