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Maybe this is you too, I don't know, but I struggle. I've always struggled with thinking that God struggles to love me.

Like that it's, but he does. He does love me, but he has to kind of fight for that.

It's tough. It's tough. Yeah, but he muscles up and still loves me anyway.

And I don't actually think that that's a, I'm just now realizing it's a pretty bad picture of who he is.

It's a wrong picture of who he is. And what we think about God matters a lot, shapes everything about us.

So I want to get that right. He doesn't love me by gritting his teeth. He loves me because that's who he is.

He, that's just, he wants to. Just like he wants to forgive us. He delights in us.

Like, it's just, I just got to get used to thinking that way.

This isn't the right sports music, but it's sports music.

I think it's the only one we have. It's universal.

Hardness sports, my team, my soccer team, my English Premier League favorite team.

Yeah, yeah. Play terrible yesterday.

Okay. Embarrassing. So I know that part of being a fan is you tie your own self esteem and worth.

How you feel about yourself? Poor boy. I feel like a clown.

They were out there tripping over themselves.

Really? Yeah, the goalie.

Plashed in front of the goal with the ball. The guy was running at him.

And he tripped over the ball. Right in front of the goalie. I just tapped him in.

Sorry about that. Well, it hurts me. Yeah, as a person.

Right. I guess I'm a clown.

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