“He eagerly suffered for us when we were failing, as orphans.
Will he cross his arms over our failures now that we are his adopted children?
His heart was gentle and lowly toward us when we were lost.
Will his heart be anything different toward us now that we are found?
While we were still… He loved us in our mess then.
He’ll love us in our mess now.
Our very agony in sinning is the fruit of our adoption.
A cold heart would not be bothered. We are not who we were.”
Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers