If someone gives you $100 it might be because you loaned them money and they owe you. But it may be that that person is super generous and at Christmas time they always give away $100 bills to strangers. In that case, goodness came to you, but not because you were good first. It’s just because the other person is kind hearted.
If waiters in tuxedos serve you the finest wines with expensive steaks and exotic foods, it might be because you are important and you deserve it. Or it might be because you went to a fancy wedding and you benefited from someone else’s extravagant generosity which they honestly didn’t owe to you.
And if you wreck into someone and they forgive you, it could be because that’s your mom and today’s your birthday. But maybe not. It might be that you crashed into someone who wrecked into a Ferrari last month, and the Ferrari driver happened to be a wealthy philanthropist. They had simply smiled and said, “Don’t worry about it. Just pay it forward.” And now it’s being paid forward — to you. That’s why you’re forgiven, not because of your warm personality, but because of the lavish goodness of someone else’s heart.
And if God says he loves you no matter what, it could be because you’ve never done anything wrong. But it might be that he sees each of your warts and all your skeletons, knows every terrible thing you’ve ever done or even thought about, and Unconditional Love is just Who He Is. Maybe it’s because He has a good heart, not because you do.
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