Why Me?

This morning in church, the pastor had a very powerful message. I found it to be very true and thought I would share. He stated that there are two type of people that come to church:
1. Those who think that if you do A, B, and C ... then God will do D, E, and F. In otherwords... if I do this this and this, then God will do this and that for me. That God's love is conditional on our actions. I have found myself in that place more times than I would like to recount. In a place where I felt like maybe things were not going my way because I was not loving God enough or doing enough to please him. Or... that things were going well for me because I was being a pretty good Christian! How sad would that be?

2. Those who think, WHY ME? Why would God in all His perfection forgive ME of all the nastiness that goes through my mind, or comes out of my mouth. Why would He pluck me out of all the unbelievers around me and allow me the ability to see His truth? Why would a God so PERFECT and SINLESS love someone as IMPURE and SINFUL as ME? I do not know WHY? But, I am so very very thankful!

If I am honest, I would have to say, that I do not fully appreciate ENOUGH the true GRACE and MERCY of my God! I tend to take my salvation for granted some days, just going through the motions, caught up in the daily hustle and bustle of life. It is my prayer, that I will take the time to slow down and that EVERY DAY and EVERY MOMENT I will remember the Cross that my God died upon for ME!