Nothing I can do

"There is nothing you can do today to make God love you more"
This thought leapt out from the radio speaker and lodged in my mind early this week. Later I was in an Alpha group watching Nicky Gumbell on DVD talking about Jesus dying on the cross. I realised that God has already given us everything - all of his love - how could I have ever imagined that I might be able to coax a little more out him by some pathetic effort of my own.
One way of testing the truth of little sayings like this one is to see if the converse is also true. There is nothing you can do today can make God love you less. I think that's pretty profound too.
So having sorted out that God loves me I can put my pathetic effort into doing something where I can make a difference.