Well you exist, don't you?

I cannot determine or decide my own worth. Nothing I could ever do (or not do) on this earth could decrease my value as His creation. God created me; simple as that. He didn't have to but He chose to. I was thought of, I was formed and I was made. Even as I type this I feel as though I'm battling the voices in my head "proud! vain! how dare you think you have any worth. What have you done!?" Well.. who cares what I have done? It's all about what He has done. I am nothing. The vanity is in thinking I could become good enough for His love; to think I could become worthy of Him. I am nothing but He is everything. So much freedom is found in admitting that I am a sinner and a failure but He knows that.. and He brought me into this world anyway.

So the answer to the question "Why should I try? Why can't I just give up?" is answered simply 'Because you are here.' I exist therefore I am loved and I have purpose. It is an unavoidable, logical, solid, wonderful Truth... that I always seem to forget.