  Wallowing in shame, remorse, self-hatred, and guilt over real or imagined failings in our past lives betrays a distruct in the love of God. It shows that we have not accepted the acceptance of Jesus Christ and thus have rejected the total sufficiency of his redeeming working.
Preoccupation with our past sins, present weaknesses, and character defects gets our emotions churning in self-destructive ways, closes us within the mighty citadel of self, and preempts the presence of a compassionate God. -Brennann Manning in "Ruthless Trust" What's the price of two or three pet canaries? Some loose change, right? But God never overlooks a single one. And he pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail - even numbering the hairs on your head!
So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries. -Luke 12-6-7 (The Message) In reference to those verses, Brennan Manning wrote, "God, by definition, is thinking of me. " He's thinking of you, too. 
