We’re so used to trying to earn our way. We swim in the polluted waters of relational tit-for-tat and failed expectations, feeling like we are constantly giving more than our fair share.  Where’s the love?  Earning our way just leaves us bankrupt and bitter.  Jesus came to release us from all this.  He earned our way for us by giving more than His fair share, by giving His life!  That’s how well He loved us.  You don’t—you can’t—earn that kind of love; you just receive it.  And then you show the world how much you’re loved.