Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
John Newton

So many people, including way too many Christians, think Christianity is about being perfect. They think if they get it together, work hard enough, or just don't do the really bad things; then they'll be OK.
Yet my favorite hymn in the whole world reminds us that Christianity is not about being perfect. If I was perfect, Jesus wouldn't have needed to come. If I could just "try harder," Jesus wouldn't have been nailed to the cross. If I could stay away from the bad stuff, Jesus wouldn't have had to die.

When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick."(Matthew 9:12, New King James Version)

If I were able to do it, I don't need Jesus! But I can't. I'm a wretch, a poor terrible sickling whose soul desperately needs a doctor.

Are you perfect? Maybe you need a doctor. Call on Jesus, He is the Great Physician!

As for me, I'll steal someone else's tag line: I'm Josh, and I'm the wretch the song refers to.