God is still God and the Gospel is still true

Its the middle of september and I'm in my 3rd week of real work post-Relay and I'm finding this phrase from Relay 3 one that I am constantly having to remind myself of. Working in the "secular" world is so different from the experience of Relay. Life is more structured and seemingly mundane, theres little excitement and no constant discipleship, which to be honest I am totally missing (not missing you as such JB just the contact and knowing that there is always someone there to help me through the hard things I'm learning and disciple me through them if you get what I mean). Lots is going on with those around me, hard, difficult and painful things that make you stand up and face the pain and suffering there is in this fallen world and the lack of constant contact with other Christians with lots of contact with the secular world is seemingly taking its toll. As I attempt to serve those around me, put them first and show them love all I seem to do is see more of my own selfishness and sin. I so often fail at being a good friend and showing others that I love them and at the end of the day I beat myself up about the fact that I wasted that opportunity or didn't say this when I had the chance. But then I hear this phrase:

"God is still God and the gospel is still true"

Even though I left those opportunities, even though I put myself first at that point and even when put myself in the place of God because of the truth of the gospel God does not condemn me. In the gospel I find grace and that grace sets me free from the condemnation of sin, at the cross those sins were paid for! As I see more and more the depths of my own sin and then remind myself of grace, I can only rejoice more fully in what Christ has achieved. I have no reason to condemn myself because when God looks at me he does not see that sin, he sees Christ. I am fully justified at the cross. My battle with sin is a daily one. But as I read over Romans 8 the other day I was once again amazed at God's grace as I saw that through Christ not only am I made righteous but I am more than a conqueror over sin! Day to day sin is a battle but because of Christ's death on the cross that battle is already won!!!!

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
'For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
No, in all these things we are MORE than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ROMANS 8:35-39