Titus 3:5 according to His mercy He saved us,

not by works of righteousness 

which we have done, 

but according to His mercy He saved us, 

through the washing of regeneration 

and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

                               Titus 3:5 

we can not make up for the bad things we have done by doing good things ~ we make up for them by asking for forgiveness and not doing them again ~ hence we are showing our Lord, we are growing and learning ~ 

some of us learn faster than others

we must be patient with each other for sometimes we are the one that learns fast and SOMETIMES it is our turn to not learn so fast

Lord, have mercy on my soul, his soul, her soul, their souls, our souls.  Lord have mercy on us all.  Amen