My faults, my problems and my salvation

So tonight, I have a confession to make, I am arrogant, I can be a jerk, I can be selfish, unloving, uncaring, ignorant, a hypocrite and the list goes on and on.  Lately I have really been convicted of my arrogant and sometimes unloving attitude.  I am really tired of it and its something I truly desire to change. 

 It is at times like these when I take comfort and refuge when Paul tells us that "Christ came to save sinners, of whom I am the chief".  Here is a guy who wrote nearly half of the NT, but he calls himself chief of sinners.  A look into his past shows us that he persecuted and killed christians before God saved him, a look into his Christian life shows a Godly man, but also a man who struggles with his temper and another unknown "thorn in his side".  Yet God used this man for incredible things in His church.  

I take great comfort from this knowing that God can use me despite all my deficiencies, despite all my sins and shortcomings.  I know that for me to change my attitude and actions to a more Godly attitude and more God centered actions I have to be humble, willing to bow the knee to God and give myself over to Him.  He has saved me from my sins, He has given me the power to overcome my sinful nature with Him by my side.  So with Him by my side, I am going to work on my arrogance, on my unloving nature, and God willing, I will change, one day at a time.  This is my confession, this is my struggle.