I’m not sure why You take such delight in me, but if for this very reason alone, I will delight in my weaknesses, in the insults, the hardships, in the persecutions, and the difficulties, knowing that in these moments I sense Your most perfect strength, and I know that You are with me.

It is in or by grace that we have our acceptance

. God has made us accepted, we did not attain to it by any volition or works of ourselves. Only those in the Beloved qualify for this great blessing. (http://believer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=206&Itemid=529)