"there is a part of you that feels profoundly unworthy. that feels not good enough. that is acutely aware of the ways in which you've blown it. that realizes in very living color that your life is a mess. you have a past that seems chained to your foot wherever you go. it haunts you. the ecstatic, counterintuitive message of the gospel is that God wants to meet you in that place and bless you. not when you get through there. not when you get back together. not when you fix that. in it. in the midst of it. buried in it. so that you can barely breathe. God wants to meet you there with the grace of Jesus and announce to you blessed are you. i'm with you. i'm on your side."
-mars hill bible church. rob bell. intentions. 12.6.09.
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