My Value

My union with you

Is the starting point

Of the rest of my life

As I believe in you

I am seen by your Father

Exactly as He sees you

I am who you are

I am who He is

I am crucified with you

I am unified with you

I am identified with you

That is the full story

I am not the mistakes I have made

I am the righteousness that He has made

In His eyes, I belong to Him

I am not the wrongs I have done

I am the faultlessness that He has been

In His eyes, I belong to Him

I am not the sins I have chosen

I am chosen by the beloved

Regardless of the choices, I have made

In Him, I am chosen and accepted

I am justified and anointed

I am saved and forgiven

I am redeemed and complete

I am free and I am Christ’s friend

I am God’s child and the Spirits home

My value is not defined by what I’ve done

Or what I have said

Or even who I am friends with

My value is defined by the One

Who said it is finished

And who achieved it all

Jo Anne Kennedy

December 2018