Experiencing Grace or Earning it?

Last night as I was reading The Cross Centered Life, Mahaney said something that really struck me as interesting. He said, "What God had intended to be a means of experiencing grace, we have changed into a means of earning grace." A lot of the times we struggle with "so many things to do and so little time to do it" and we just want a time to chill out....well, we can just chill out and receive God's grace; we don't have to do anything to try and earn it. God loved us so much to just give it to us over and over again. We try daily to measure up to a perfect standard when we cant....we're humans! God had intended us to glorify Him throughout our life and enjoy it. So, just chill out and experience His grace :)