In the 1930s Daniel Considine wrote, “Never was a mother so blind to the faults of her child as our Lord is toward ours.”6 Therefore, we should never be discouraged by our faults. We can begin by not being astonished at them. A little child who does not know how to walk is not astonished at stumbling and falling with each step taken. While the gravity of sin is not to be minimized, wasting time deploring the past keeps God at a distance. As the second-century shepherd of Hermas said, “Stop harping on your sins and pray for righteousness.”
-Brennan Manning "Ruthless Trust"