I owe everything to Him.
Everything I am and have been able to become is because of His infinite and enabling Atonement. It gives me strength in place of my weakness, compassion in place of my selfishness, peace in place of my frustrations, and courage in the face of my worst fears. It allows me to do and be when I don't know how to do or what to be. It makes everything else completely irrelevant--all my shortcomings, flaws, failings are nothing in comparison with His power to transform and overcome.
I love Him beyond the power of words to express, and I am infinitely grateful that because of Him, I can become who I should and must become.
Isaiah taught, "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified." (Isaiah 61:1-3).
To me, this captures the purpose of the Savior and His Atonement: to change lives and hearts, to make all things right, if we will but let Him.
One of my favorite quotes says, "A life impacted by grace eventually begins to look like Christ's life."
I love Him, and it is my best hope to allow His grace to make me like He is.
