God says one thing

As I took Claire to preschool this morning a song by Bill Mallonee came on my iPod. The title is Crescent Moon. One of the lines says, "Life is coming to grips with what you're worth, when God says one thing but your heart says another." I think we can be our harshest critics in life, especially when it comes to any shortcomings in our relationship with God. We stumble and struggle with sin and our heart tells us that we are worthless and unworthy of God's love. The truth is, we are unworthy. That's what makes grace so incredible. As God's children he looks at us with love and compassion and mercy even when we mess things up so bad that we can't see the light at the other end of the tunnel.