God's Love Chose to Create Me on Purpose

I sat with the truth that God did not have to create me and yet he chose to, with all my quirks and weaknesses included, and that settles something in me. I asked him how to love the people around me the way he loves, with the kind of patience and forgiveness that still holds its ground in what is true. Out of that identity there is a mission he has given me, and I want to carry it by his grace rather than by my own effort.