I woke up this morning and looked in the mirror.
What I saw today was different than any other day.
Yesterday, I saw myself.a sinner, ugly, black, scarred, stained.
Before I went to bed, I said my prayers to the One who created it all.

I woke up this morning and looked in the mirror.
What I saw today was different than any other day.
Today, I saw myself saved by grace,
 beautiful, black, washed cleaned, eyes filled with hope and peace.

What caused the change?

I finally decided that there was One who was greater than I was.
One who promised me that He would wash me white as snow..
My only responsibility was to proclaim HIM, call HIM by His name.
Believe like I have never believed.trust like I have never trusted.

I had to forgive, as I now understood that I was forgiven.
I had to love like I now understood that I was loved.
I had to extend mercy and grace, as I now understood that grace and mercy was mine.

What I see today is a girl of grace, kissed on the forehead by a Father 
who not only created me, but constructed me divinely for His purpose.
I see what I will be tomorrow, I see what I was in the past, 
and I see what I can be on this day.

I am a girl of grace fashioned in the image of the Creator, who makes me new each day.

Dear Creator, I except my commission as a girl of grace. 
A daughter of yours.  Destined for greatness.

Yes, I am a girl of grace.  I now walk with my head high 
filled with the grace and mercy that was extended to me
due to a beneficent and merciful Creator.