Before Ansel Adams, the well-known landscape photographer and conservationist, became famous, he studied piano and showed some talent. At one of his first recitals he played Chopin’s Nocturne in F Major.

“In some strange way,” he said, “my right hand started off in F-sharp major while my left hand behaved well in F major. I could not bring them together. I went through the entire nocturne with the hands separated by a half-step.”

The next day, someone walked up to him and jokingly commented, “You never missed a wrong note!”

Have you ever felt that way about your Christian life? You want to live for God and please Him, but some days it seems that you “never miss a wrong note.” You feel like such a failure. You may have even asked, “How can God care about a sinner like me?”

The Psalmist declares, “Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He teaches sinners in the way. The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way” (Psalm 25:8-9).