I think we make Christianity a whole lot harder than it is.

Part One: We have a beautiful God.  He is good.  He’s in a good mood.  He really likes you.  He wants to pour out his affection on you.  He feels this way about everyone, including the people you think he couldn’t possibly love.  Pour out your affection on him.   Learn how to listen for his song.

Part Two: We’re made in His image, and as my wife Jana would say, that includes the fact that we are hard-wired to forgive.  Stop carrying all this stuff around.  Clean slate.  Walk in awareness.  Forgive people, stop keeping a record of all the ways you’ve been wronged.  And guess what?  You’ve hurt some people along the way too – own it, and go make it right with those people.  Rinse.  Repeat.  Clean slate.  Love one another.

PS: These two parts are meant to function in unison; not, I do this one first really good and then I do the other one.