The one that Jesus loves

Each week we have a meeting of the missionaries from EMM. We usually study a book. Our current book is called "What's so Amazing about Grace." In one chapter he discussed how John describes himself as the one whom Jesus loves. We really should describe ourdelves in the same way. So often we define ourselves by our jobs, our frienships, our families, or our overall sucess...the problem with that? We aren't perfect and cannot be, so we will always mess up and that will affect how we then view ourselves. It is so much better to just simply define ourselves as the one that Jesus loves. Trust me, this is definitely something I need to work on, but it is so freeing; it takes away so much pressure. God gives us all this freedom and we sometimes still choose to live bound, I have no idea why...