the sacredness of who God has made me
this defines me
it is who i am

do my actions reflect who God has and is making me?
do my actions reflect the very thing i despise?

in ten years will my actions i take today
make me thankful
for who God has been making me and
that i choose to walk in that now
or in ten years will I despise myself?

will i choose actions based on how someone else behaves or believes?
or will i choose courageous loving, valuing actions based on who i really am?

i cannot change past actions

the actions of today,
with these i have the option of choosing
choosing actions that reflect who i really am
and i do know who i am
both strength and weaknesses
both gifts and wrongdoings

do my friends and my family
help me choose to be who i really am,
who i was created to be?
or do they promote actions or inactions
that replicate a history of hurt?

i choose actions today that reflect who God has and is making me
i choose friends and family who help me be who i really am

will i gift to you honoring the sacredness
of who you really are
who you were created to be
i will
will i forgive myself for
not always choosing to do this
i will
do i accept my creator’s intervention and forgiveness
i do

do i forgive you
for not always knowing how to
honor the sacredness of my being
absolutely
i do

each day as i move forward
i will continue to awaken
stand up, pick up my mat
and walk and i will continue
to choose
to forgive
to have mercy
to act in love
to show value
to cherish
to have courage
to exercise fortitude
to accept healing

i do know who i am
whether you see me or not
whether you believe me or not
whether you value me or not
i choose to no longer
allow this to define me

have my past actions
when i chose to act out
of my history of hurt
hurt you
absolutely
devastatingly so
have my past actions
when i chose to act out
of who i am
cherish you
absolutely

do the actions you choose
when you act out
of your history of hurt
hurt me
absolutely
devastatingly so
do the actions you choose
when you act out
of who you really are
cherish me
absolutely

but the sacredness of who God has made me
this defines me
it is who i am

i will hold on to that
i will act out of that

for better or worse
for richer or poorer
i will hold on to the
sacredness of who God
has made me