Who are you?

Have you ever taken the time and stop and deeply and thoughtfully investigated who you are? By this I mean going much deeper than that “this is what I do” and “this is how I act so others like me” inquiry.

Each one of us is a living being with a past (both good and bad). Each one of us longs for identity and purpose. Even those who are of such a personality that they “do not worry about it” let all of us around them know how much they “worry about it” when we interfere with “it”.

If you took half an hour and with God waited, listened and listed all that is in your life. If you were aware of your fears, your desires, your lusts, your joys and all the stuff that makes you – you; what would you have on that list? Most of us might never make the list because in the reality of that type of honesty, we might not life who we are. But pretending we are not that person makes it all right – right?

I like God. He often shows me who I am and in doing so invites me deeper into the possibility of being changed. When I stand in life with all my stuff, all my issues, I get depressed. When I agree with God about the real condition of my life, I feel hope. Hope that I can be made into more than I am.

If you list “who you are” would you get depressed? Why not take some time and give it a try. And as you end that time of making your list, turn with your heart and soul to Father God. Like Adam and Eve who tried to hide from God when they knew their condition, let us stop trying to hide and seek the one who can make us whole.