“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus …”  Romans 8:1 heralds a gift seemingly too good to be true for all who struggle within the tangle of our own shame. No condemnation? Can that be real?!? We believe, in principle, that God forgives. We find ourselves celebrating without reservation the grace He extends to others. But when it comes to our sin, our transgressions … we somehow suspect we fall outside the reach of His mercy. If we could only, for a moment, look beyond ourselves and see the schemes of the enemy who means to drag us endlessly through the muck of our…