dailydatewithgod

How we live our life is based on who we believe ourselves to be.  We incorporate the various identities and from the conglomeration of them, we take action in the world.  Some of our action is based on what we have learned about what it means to be one of the others who also hold that identity and some are based on how we have shaped the identity to make sense for us.  As someone who identifies as a female, I learned to watch other females and got a sense of what is expected in my behavior.  The same goes for my identity as an American, a daughter, a worker in healthcare, a healthy person, and so on.  Each of these identities is essentially labels I have internalized on some level and based on my behavior one could determine how I identify myself.  It drives my habits which reinforce my identity. God invites us to consider the identity of our hearts.  Who do we know ourselves to be through the lens of our hearts?  Taking time to explore this influences the nuances of how we live out the character of our identity.  Having access to the perspective of our hearts allows us to determine the energetic movement of what it means to be a woman, a man, a worker, an American, a husband, a reporter, and whatever other labels of identification we accept. Becoming familiar with the identity of our hearts gives us the guidance we need when choosing how to authentically be who we believe our sovereign selves to be from the truth of who we are in and out of the labels we wear.