It is easy to get caught up in unmet expectations or someone else’s failure. This sometimes happens unknowingly and subconsciously where you and I secretly keep a running total of a person’s failures.

Something that happens, though, that I’ve started to notice in myself, is that when I’m keeping a secret little “log book” in my head, I become a very stressed out and anxious person who does not look forward to deep fellowship with others.

Sometimes, we even keep ourselves from experiencing God’s grace by not allowing God’s forgiveness to release us from our own failures or expectations that we set for ourselves.

You and I desire freedom, a spiritual freedom. One way that that freedom is experienced is by accepting and giving God’s grace freely. He forgave you. So forgive yourself and those who have sinned against you. Don’t keep yourself from experiencing one of the most abundant and extravagant gifts ever given. Give and accept God’s grace!