God knows who we are because God created us. If we remember to look to him to find our true identity we cannot go wrong. So often we end up trying to fit in and identifying with things outside of ourselves. There is nothing wrong with identifying with other things, it is a matter of degrees. In many ways it seems easier and more acceptable to identify with titles, groups of people who believe the same things, or specific roles we have. We can latch on to those and forget our true identity. What we are identifying ourselves with changes over the years because we grow and expand. The identity we have in God does not change because it our essence. God is love and she designed us as beacons and messengers of love. God is peace and he calls us to bring love and create peace wherever we go. Our calling comes to us at all times in our lives amidst the changing identities the world has for us. No matter if we are a daughter, mother, son or father, boss, employee, driver or passenger, we are and will always be messengers of love.
My prayer for us is the willingness to explore how we are identifying with God’s vision of us today.
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