Why don't I make New Years resolutions? It's simple, really. It implies that I need drastic change. If I do need a drastic change, I don't need to wait 365 days to use the New Year as an excuse to change my bad habits; any day of the year is good for that. Waiting until the New Year to change is just an excuse to enjoy your bad habits as much as you can before January 1st arrives, and when it does, do you really follow through? And if you do, for how long? Besides, I'm pretty happy with who I am — the battles I've won and the battles I've lost, all of which have made me who I am today. The battles I've won, I learnt what I'm good at. The battles I've lost, I learnt from those mistakes and failures and used them to overcome. And none of that would've been possible without Christ.
Sure, I have flaws, but they're a part of me. If you don't like those parts of me, well, I wasn't born to be perfect according to your high standards as to what constitutes a perfect and tolerable human being, which is inordinately subjective from one person to the next, so I would have to constantly readjust my actions and behaviour just so I can be adequate in each person's eyes. I have high enough standards for myself as it is, so no need to add your weighty standards to the burden. But whatever I may think of myself, or whatever you may think of me, means nothing, because all that matters is how God sees me. How does He see me? Worthy to be loved, redeemed, and adored, despite my many failures.
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