God's grace is so counterintuitive and everything we do in our life is just based on conditions. You do this for me and I'll do that for you. Or if you don't do this for me, I won't do that for you. And God's grace works in a completely different direction.

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"

Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.

I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.

God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.