Lately, I have been believing the lies that I am not good enough, that no matter what I do, I will never be "good" in the eyes of God. Because I fall into sin, because I do not always tithe all my money, because I stumble, pick myself up, and start over, because I don't always have the complete faith. It's really been getting to me lately. Until yesterday, when I picked up Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell, as was flipping through the pages I've already read, and stumbled upon an area that I stared and wrote next to it "I need to learn this."

I think this is something almost all Christian struggle with at some point in their walk. I would just like to share what Rob Bell wrote in his book, that is changing my perspective.

"Trust that Jesus can repair scarred and broken things. It is trusting that I am loved. That I always have been. That I always will be. I don't have to do anything. I don't have to prove anything or achieve anything or accomplish one more thing. That exactly as I am, I am totally accepted, forgiven, and there is nothing I could ever do to lose this acceptance."

Don't get me wrong, this doesn't justify my sin, or lack of tithing, or doubt, but it helps me define who I am in Christ and who I am to Christ. It shows me that Christ accpects me just as I am, and I do not have to impress Him with anything. How awesome!