"The Christian does not think that God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us."
~C.S. Lewis
Have you ever thought of God as a perfect Being who deserves our respect and will be insulted if we sin? I have. A lot of people do--they think that God'll be displeased with them if they sin. It's not an enjoyable way to think.
And really, it's not true. God loves us even as we mess up, and He won't despise us for being imperfect. He doesn't like it when we sin because He knows that it's hurting us. He hates sin, but He doesn't expect us to be perfect--not in our own strength.
The Lord will give us strength, though, to be better, to be good. He will help us. Isn't that wonderful?
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