Crying Out For Mercy

Have you ever felt like you are never good enough or that you won't ever be what you should in Christ?  I feel like that all of the time.  As I read my Bible I realize that God doesn't love me for my potential, but He loves me because of me.  This is not a cop-out to say that I don't have to try, it's more like an encouraging word to let me know that I will never walk away from God's love.  As encouraging as that is I still have to choose to follow Him everyday of my life.  God has been putting a message on my heart and it is the message of mercy.  He has been putting some key Psalms in my heart and they all have the message of mercy; however, not the message that I typically think of.  It's not the message that says He is merciful, it is the message that says that I have to ask for His mercy so that I can be free.  We often like to think of the God of love, mercy and grace (which He is all of those), but we hate to think of the God of the Old Testament who demolished cities and people for their evil, wickedness and sin.  The truth is that I have to ask for God's mercy and grace in my life every day so that I can be in His will.  I hope that I never forget that and that I choose to follow my God all of my life.