Sometimes our brains are our own worst enemy because grace isn't logical.

We are often harsher judges than God himself.

God's love is so extravagant and so inexplicable that he loved us before we were us. He loved us before we existed. He knew many of us would reject him, hate him, curse him, rebel against him. Yet he chose to love us. God loves us because he is love.

I think if Jesus had one shot at fixing us, He’d tell us how much He loves us. Jesus loves us right now, just as we are. He isn’t standing aloof, yelling at us to climb out of our pits and clean ourselves up so we can be worthy of Him. He is wading waist-deep into the muck of life, weeping with the broken, rescuing the lost, and healing the sick.

A moment with Jesus changed everything.

We need to abandon our scale and adopt God's because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people.

Are you struggling with sin? You don’t need more will power. You need more of Jesus.