hmmmm.... this is good news

"God does not accept me just as I am; he loves me despite how I am. He loves me just as Jesus is; he loves me enough to devote my life to renewing me in the image of Jesus. This love is much, much better than unconditional! Perhaps we should call it 'contraconditional' love. God has blessed me because his Son fulfilled the conditions I could never achieve. Contrary to what I deserve, he loves me. And now I can begin to change, not to earn love, but because I've already received it." --David Powlison, Seeing with New Eyes