Quote from "Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts" by Gerald Bridges and Jerry Bridges

"We don't deserve one bit of God's goodness to us.  I once heard a speaker say, 'Anything this side of hell is pure grace.'  I know of nothing that will so quickly cut the nerve of a petulant, 'Why did this happen to me?' attitude as a realization of who we are before God, considered in ourselves apart from Christ."