It may not take you to an easy chair in a Nashville mansion with a Grammy on the mantel; it probably won’t lead you to head-turning fame, and it probably won’t even lead you to a feeling that you’re a righteous, Kingdom-seeking saint. Because if that’s what you are you’ll probably feel more like a sinful, desperate cur who can get out of bed each day only because you’ve managed once again to believe that Christ’s mercy is made new every time the sun ascends.

