[MayflowerMadam]

Amen. Sometimes I wonder if those of us raised in Christian homes (me in a parsonage) can appreciate our salvation as much as those who have come out of very sinful lives. That must add a new, profound, dimension that I know I can’t grasp.

[knarf]

I often state I was saved out of the gutter

[Elsie]

That's what the Book indicates:

41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Luke 7:41-43

[Mark17]

Amen. Sometimes I wonder if those of us raised in Christian homes (me in a parsonage) can appreciate our salvation as much as those who have come out of very sinful lives. That must add a new, profound, dimension that I know I can’t grasp.

Be thankful for your salvation, and there is no need to wonder about those who came out of sinful lifestyles. People do not sin in a vacuum. People who come from those lifestyles often times, have life long problems. For example, if one is into drugs, God can certainly deliver them from it, but damage done to their bodies and minds, will always be there.
No need to admire that.