“Do you believe that the God of Jesus
loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness,
beyond fidelity and infidelity,
that he loves you in the morning sun and the evening rain,
that he loves you when your intellect denies it
your emotions refuse it,
and your whole being rejects it.
Do you believe that God loves without conditional reservation,
and loves you this moment as you are,
and not as you should be?” (Brennan Manning)

I’m not quoting this because I think Brennan Manning had all his theological ducks in a row. I think he had some questionable doctrines, but I also think that no one was better at explaining grace than he was. Maybe that’s because he had experience it as an alcoholic.

The whole point of all these blog posts I write isn’t how great Brennan Manning was but how great God is. It’s really about how the love of God changes everything. How the love of God can change you as it has changed me.

That’s the real truth of the story. And God still remains the main character and central hero of this story. It’s not and never has been about us. It’s always been and will always be God first and God always.