Something that caught my attention as I was reading Worship Matters was when the author was telling us how when C.J. Mahaney is asked how he is doing he replies, "Better than I deserve." This is to remind him of the gospel and how he deserves to go to hell for his sins but God's grace has granted him life and forgiveness and also many other gifts he does not deserve. The author also adopted this phrase into some of his conversations and noticed some negative responses. Some people thought he had a case of low self-esteem because his response was one that didn't speak highly of himself. It caught my attention that in our culture when we make less of ourselves or humble ourselves in front of others, people assume there is something wrong with us. Our culture is so self-focused that when we purposefully point attention away from ourselves it is viewed as not normal and people don't understand what we are doing. Yet this is the kind of attitude we should have in view of God's grace. We all are sinners and deserve hell so no matter what is happening in our lives we are always doing "better than we deserve."