Growing up, my dad would always say: true humility is knowing who you are before God, no more, no less.

This is the posture of a soul with God — not groveling, not bringing my list of qualifications. Just standing as I am, seen.

Last October, I wrote the lists below in my journal. They were meant to anchor me, to keep me from swinging too far in either direction: pride (believing I am more than God says I am) or fear (believing I am less). Both are distortions. Both make it impossible to rest in God’s favor.

To live in truth, I need both lists held together. To be fully seen in my weakness and still spoken over with love: This is my beloved daughter, on whom my favor rests.

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I am nothing more than…

• faithless to the work, slow to keep my promises
• prone to wander
• quick to make and worship idols
• easily swayed by appetites </aside>

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I am nothing less that…

• called by name
• indwelled by His Spirit
• beloved
• destined for a kingdom inheritance
• a citizen of God-country </aside>