Rewind and replay

Wow, I've been home for a week! o.O
Today, I was thinking about how God has been showing me the same things over and over again this past quarter (and in life, in general). It's kind of like math class; every year, I learn the same things. For example, calculus is pretty much differentiation and integration and so every calculus class goes over differentiating and integrating. The thing is though, every time the math gets a bit more in-depth. First there was calculus with one variable, then with two variables, then with three variables ...then I stopped taking calc, haha. In a similar way, God keeps teaching me the same lessons, but each time, I feel like I'm taking one step further back and seeing the bigger picture a bit more and "getting it" a bit more.

Some things God has been showing me:

I am a sinner (like everyone else) - Consequently, I am not in any way better than any one else and do not have the right to condemn others. [John 8:3-11]

Love = obedience - At one point in time these past months, I was doubting what love meant and whether or not I loved God. A friend of mine told me to look up John 14:21: "21Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

I do not understand grace - This past quarter, I have been "rationalizing" that I am not forgiving other people because I do not understand God's grace, yet, but once I finally do fully understand it, then I can forgive. I still do not understand it, but I think that's the whole point. God's grace is greater than anything that any human can comprehend because He is an infinite God and we are merely finite beings.