When you get down to it... how many people have you allowed to know you... including yourself? Not the surface you (which is never superficial, only surface), but the deeper you? Is there a reason? In some fashion are you protecting you? From what... or whom? Perhaps I should start with - do you like you? And whether yes or no, do you know why?
To be blunt - you are really nothing apart from the Lord. Certainly you have talents, but you are always enhanced by your Maker. Once you have realized that there is nothing of real and lasting value apart from your relationship with the person who gave His life for you and gives you a new life, then you begin on a wonderful adventure of discovering who He is, who you are, and what your relationship is and can be.
You really do need to know you - everything from the warts to the beauty spots. You have both. To emphasize one over the other doesn't get us anywhere. What we need to do is what the old song says - accent the positive, eliminate the negative. Who you are is your starting point and without this knowledge you are rudderless and without a foundation from which to begin. But of even more importance is who you can become. Remember 2 Corinthians - you are a new creature never before seen. You start with a clean slate. Repent of yesterday - absolutely, but focus on now.
Knowledge leads to wisdom which (should) forms our basis for action. Reading Proverbs gives us greater understanding about the firm foundation of knowledge. But a critical component in this is self knowledge and understanding about ourselves. This is not an excuse nor license for bad choices - it is a basis for understanding and change. We grow because we choose to do so but first we must choose to know.
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