I like the way Steve Brown put it one day in his description of sanctification:

Sanctification is less like a duty and much more like a dance.

A legalist is a dancer who is always watching his or her feet to be sure (s)he's getting every step right.

Which, of course, misses the whole point of dancing to begin with! The object of the dance is to become more intimate with the one we're dancing with. Our eyes should be on His face - not on our own feet.

Or worse - on other people's feet...

-Robin