Colorcountry, please don’t let the enemy lie to you that you need to be “good enough”. You are laboring under the impression that “good boys and girls” go to heaven. Actually, “good boys and girls” *don’t* go to heaven.... forgiven boys and girl do!
We cannot earn God’s love, we can only receive it and say Thanks Lord! There is not a day in your (or my) life that you won’t need Jesus and His forgiveness. Fortunately, there is not a day in your (or my) life where Jesus is not available.
Something I need constant reminding of.
I keep trying anyway and know I keep falling short. It's just part of our nature to want to help, I guess.
The hard thing is, I like to be in control myself too much and it's hard to give that up and trust someone else to do the job right, even when it's God. Like He's not going to do it right?
Maybe it's more that I think I'm not going to like how He does it. I have the nice, easy, convenient way all planned out already.