Why is a gift so hard to accept.  I so easily get caught up in trying to earn His love.  I know I cannot earn it and I will never deserve it, yet somehow I feel that His grace is something I must OBTAIN.  I can’t seem to accept the gift that is being handed to me.  Oh how I long to just accept it.  To revel in the grace that He so freely gives.  If I just would. 

 How can I give His love to others if I spend  all my time just trying to make sure that He loves and wants me?  I should be out giving His love to others.  I guess that is just one of the traps that satan uses to keep us from furthering the Kingdom of God.  It makes me feel so used.  I feel silly for being so naive sometimes.

My goal for this week is to work on accepting this gift freely.  Just trusting in Him and being thankful.  In doing this, I hope to be able to give more love to others and stop concentrating on obtaining things that I already have.