I remember one time in 1st grade, I got sent to the principal.  I will never forget the terror, not from what the principal would do, but what my dad would do.  I wanted more than anything for my parents to be proud of me, and in those moments of failure, I would always fear that they would be disappointed in me.

Honestly, that is how many of us approach our relationship with God.  Any time we make a mistake or sin, we run; not because we fear His wrath, but because we fear disappointing Him.  I struggled with this myself for a long time until one day God changed my perspective.  Romans 5:8 says, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

When we were still sinners, enemies of God, oblivious to the light, God did not feel anger, but compassion.  He sent His own son to die for us, when we did not care for Him at all.  Talk about limitless love.  God loved me when my life showed that I did not love Him.

So now, I call myself a Christ follower.  I do my best to honor God, to love God, to make God proud.  We always need to give God the best because He gave us His best, Jesus.

But there are always the moments that I will mess up, miss reading my Bible, say something I regret, give someone a bad attitude.  In those moments we must remember not to run away from our God, but to come to the love of our Father.  He showed us compassion when we were His enemies, why wouldn’t He show us love now that we are His children?