Dealing with myself

... by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:10

I am not what my enemies say I am;

neither what my emotions nor my circumstances insist

in promoting.

I am what God says I am.

His grace defines me; His mercy determines who and what I am.

It is His Beauty that establishes what I am and what I have.

His grace is not a license to do whatever I want;

I am what I am is not an excuse for my sin;

He is still Holy, Holy, Holy and the Righteous God.

But His grace sets me free from the need to perform,

from the need of approval-seeking.

I can see His grace has not been in vane,

I can see His work in me, His gospel taken troots;

I can see my dependency and delight in the means of

His grace increasing.

By His grace I am what I am: loved, forgiven, reconciled;

Adopted.

Nothing and nobody will ever change that.