I love that we wound up reading the chapter about the grace of God and God as judge together. “It is God showing goodness to persons who deserve only severity and had no reason to expect anything but severity…It is surely clear that, once the person is convinced that his state and need are as described, the New Testament gospel of grace cannot but sweep him off his feet with wonder and joy. For it tells how our Judge has become our Savior.” As a Christian for many years I pray that I never lose that wonder and awe of who God is and what He did for me. I grew up in a home where love was very conditional and based on usefulness and so to say that God’s grace blew my mind – that there is nothing I can do to earn it – would be putting it mildly. This book is helping me to recapture that awe which brings me to worship more, to be more grateful and to be mindful and intentional about how I spend my time.
It brings me great peace and comfort to know God is the perfect judge.
