Re: what problem you got with the law?

As far as being irritated, don't worry about it. If we were all sitting next to each other talking about this, then it would be a lot easier to understand each other. Now we know that we more or less agree on all this.

'But where we see the imperfections and ugliness in ourselves, yes, we know we have more work that needs to be done in us, and we need to pray for God to do that work, being assured that he will complete that work he started in us.'

I agree with that completely. For those of us that have a pure intent, I think Christ will always find a way to humble us if we ever get off the path so that we always come back to Him and learn how to surrender to Him.