OT Plan

(Psa 130:3 KJV)  If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

(Proverbs 11 also read)

If this were the only verse that you were allowed to use, life would definitely be gloomy.  It is a prophecy, a statement of truth, that all men are fallen.  If all God looked at where our mistakes, our failures, our shortcomings, and a summation our sins, we would be of all creatures, the most miserable.

But keep reading.  The next verse is good, but there’s an even better summation toward the end of the chapter,

(Psa 130:7 KJV)  Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

That makes the package complete.  It marches down to history right next to Paul, saying in one breath, "all have sinned", and in the next breath saying that we are saved by grace through faith.

So?  God had a plan from the beginning.  The important part of that plan for us is that He offers forgiveness and redemption.  Something to rejoice about.