How Does God See Me (and You)?

So many of our struggles come from not seeing ourselves in the way that God sees us. Because we don't really see ourselves with God's "eyes" we seek to define who we are in other ways - like good works, how attractive we are to the opposite sex, how thin we are, what clothes we wear, how important our job is, who our friends want us to be, what we see in the media, our children's successes or failures and on and on...

If we are defining who we are by anything other than Christ, it leads to discouragement and despair (and many times into sin as we try to escape these feelings). If we could just have God's "eyes" for a moment, I think we would be shocked at the all-encompassing unconditional love that He has for us. If we could see have His view for just a moment I don't think we would be trying to "fill-up" our souls with these false sources of worth.

Since I have been in this place of misguided self-definition (on more than one occasion I admit), I wanted to look at what the Bible says about how God sees me. Each line below is based directly on Scripture and explores how the God of the entire universe sees His creation (you and me).

I am........
A new creation
Chosen by God
Unable to be separated from God’s love by anything external or internal
Holy
His friend
Clean, blessed and accepted
God's child that will receive an inheritance of glory
Forgiven
Approved
Freed from sin
Strong (through Christ)
Without fault
His stunning success
Daily equipped to serve Him
Accepted as I am
Able to live a godly life
A temple of the Holy Spirit