Not One Jot

Jesus says that he is not here to remove even one jot of the law, in Matthew 5: 17-19.  I wish that he would have done away with the law, because I cannot seem to keep it, certainly not down to the last jot.  Maybe that is the point.  Jesus keeps the bar very high, so that we will see that we fall short of the rules.  This could lead to humility we hope, or to despair, we hope not.  Humility would keep me in prayer, as I ask Jesus' help, mercy and forgiveness.  Failure can keep me in touch with Jesus through prayer, reveal the faults that keep me in imperfection, and hopefully make me less judgmental of others who are not so perfect as I would like them to be.  Jesus came to save sinners, not the perfect.