YOU Make Me Feel

As I try to examine my life very critically, I see so many flaws, so many mistakes that I made in my past which sometimes can make me feel so ashamed inside. Character issues, patience and self-control problems, the bad decisions, my impulsiveness, and all other things hidden inside - they make me feel ugly and unworthy.

If all of my friends knew every little despicable thing I did and thought of, will they still love me as they do now? Will they still be friends with me? Will they see past those offensive things and accept me? Maybe some would, but I know a lot of those people would turn their backs on me. And maybe others might continue to be friends with me, only to find out how they've been gossiping behind my back.

I only know of one person who is truly and sincerely able to see through all of my ugliness and imperfections - JESUS CHRIST. He saw everything I've been, everything I am, everything I will be. Yet, despite my "ugliness", he chose to love me. He knows everything yet he has been ready to accept me. He knew me very well yet he chose me out of this world. He loved me so much that he was ready to die for me. I knew it in my heart that I didn't deserve it. But that is his GRACE, that is the TRUTH. And really, that's the opinion that would really matter for me. Jesus and me - this is all I need. With all that he has done for me and with all that he's doing within me, he's the only one who can make me feel beautiful inside-out.

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1)