We are more sinful than we think. We deserve far worse than we think. The Cross is God’s infinite mercy, but too often we don’t believe we need mercy.
Until God opens the eyes of your heart to see the depths of your sin, the Cross will make no sense. You need to see the justice of hell in order to fully see the mercy of God.
We deserve eternal punishment but believe God owes us earthly happiness. Our blindness in this respect drives our dissatisfaction. We complain that we don’t have as if we somehow deserve to have.
The happiest people are the ones who know they deserve condemnation but also know they have received grace. Those who think they deserve grace don’t know what grace is.
