Sorry to Tell You...

You are not important enough for God to hate you.

Heard this at a 12-step talk the other night and had to pass it on. I have a hunch that alcoholics and addicts don't have a corner on the self-deprecation market or are the only ones who believe that God is out to get us.

All of us are often more willing to sit in our past errors and the mistakes we can fall into. We believe that God is ready and willing at the merest hint of sin to smite us (to use religious language.) Well, in truth, if what we are taught is true, we haven't been willing to hear the truth.

God does not hate us.

God does not want to wipe us off the face of the earth.

So get over it. Let God accept you! It's the best thing you can do for yourself.

That's why it's grace.