It's all true

Do you ever have moments
when you think of all the bad stuff about yourself?

Yay, it's all true.

Do you ever have moments
when you think of all the bad stuff about someone else?

Could be all true.

Then there's God.
What He said.
What He did.
The effect that has on your bad stuff.
The effect that has on all their bad stuff.
 And then there's a new truth added to the story.
The truth about what God said and did
is bigger and more powerful than all the other true stuff.

So now,
we don't have to look at all the bad stuff about ourselves
and feel hopeless,
we don't have to look at all the bad stuff in someone else
and feel hopeless,
because God changes everything.

The trouble is...It's all true. But if you don't focus on the God effect,
you may just focus on the bad true stuff
and that's pretty depressing.

If God can forgive your garbage (and it's true, He will if you ask)
Then God also can forgive all someone else's garbage (and He will if they ask).
And if God does not hold stuff against us, then we should not hold stuff against others.

It's all true.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.