"God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins." Acts 5:31

We Christians want it all. We want to experience every part of gospel goodness, right? As it turns out, not so much. We like the good stuff such as forgiveness, faith, grace, reconciliation, peace, joy, and love. We love getting mercy. We receive all this and more in Christ. We can only praise God for His goodness. He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ. But, what about the things that don't feel so good like the blessing of pain? Uhhh, wait a minute. How about the joy of hardship? Hmmm. What about the ongoing need for repentance? Hold on, I didn't sign on for that. We don't really want everything that God has for us. If we are honest, not as much as we say we do.