I was sitting at my desk in my study after having scolded my 4-year-old daughter for misbehaving. I heard a gentle knock on the door. "Come in," I said.

Bethany entered and then matter-of-factly said, "Daddy, sometimes I am good, and sometimes I am bad. And that is just the way it is." Then she left the room just as summarily as she had come in, acting as if she had completely explained her misbehavior for all time.

I reflected on what my little girl had said, and later tried to explain to her that she had described the problem we all face. We all do bad things, and the Bible says even the good things we do are not good enough to meet God's standard of holiness. Sometimes we are good, and sometimes we are bad, and that is just the way it is.

Thank God, he has provided a Savior.