Grace

G is reading a book. In fact, there it is, sitting by his arm at dinner. As we were driving tonight, he said that it was full of great quotes. The one he told us was:

You only accept the amount of love that you think you deserve.

It struck me that sometimes this is true. I don't think that it is true all the time, but sometimes we do limit the amount of love we will accept because we don't feel that we have earned any more than this "limit."

Have you ever gotten a gift -- for Christmas or whatever -- and felt bad that you didn't have a gift to return? Have you ever bought "extra" gifts, just in case? You don't plan to give them to anyone unless someone you don't execpt gives you a gift. Do you ever feel like when someone does something nice to you that you need to "return the favor?"

Do we ever refuse to accept God's love because we think we haven't earned it? Do we only allow God to love us a small amount because we feel like

What does God tell us? God loves us all more than we deserve. He showers grace on us abundantly and without limit. Do we hide our heads, refusing to believe that Gove only loves us as much as he does?

Do we accept grace?