To see our sins, wounds, idols, and failures apart from God's is simply too much. We will either minimize our condition, thus marginalizing our need of grace, or we will run away in hopeless despair to the arms of a lesser love or to the worship of lesser gods. But . . .
God pursuesus in our restlessness. receivesus in our sinfulness. holdsus in our brokenness, and freesus from our lovelessness. -- Scotty Smith excerpt fromObjects of His Affection