Satan can shove it

Satan, man that dude is tricky. He really knows what he’s doing. How did he get me to forget about grace?! Over the past couple weeks he’s been working pretty hard to show me all the ways I am falling short of the way God wants me to be living, and I’ve been caught up in all the little things I think I’m supposed to be doing: “Oh, I’ve heard about twelve new causes this week and they’re all worthy of being supported, and I think I’ll start sponsoring a child, and I’ll give money to build wells in Africa, and I’ll volunteer at this soup kitchen, and I’ll recycle so I can be ecologically responsible, oh, and I need to pray more, and I should be journaling, and I haven’t counted my blessings yet today, and I need to exercise to take care of this body God gave me, and who have I talked to about God, and…” Of course those are all great things to do, but there is also something to be said for focusing your efforts. Trying to micromanage my own life and turning my relationship into a checklist makes me feel like I’m failing if I don’t get things perfectly every day. Thank God for His grace that is sufficient to transcend my weaknesses and failings.