Who are you? \u00a0So often I have felt like Alice when the caterpillar asked her that question in Wonderland. \u00a0Her response was something to the effect of “I don’t rightly know. \u00a0I thought I knew who I was this morning, but now I’m not really sure. \u00a0You see, so many peculiar things have happened to me.” \u00a0Have you ever had that same feeling? \u00a0Over the course of my life I’ve been Lil’s daughter, Tim’s sister, Marty’s mom, and Bradley’s wife – all roles that spurred very different behaviors. \u00a0I’ve behaved as “student’, “teacher”, “partier”, and “Christian” depending on the company I was with.<\/p>\n
By nature, I had always identified myself according to the group that I was with. \u00a0When I was surrounded by my friends, I was “party girl”, but when I was in other settings I was “responsible teacher” or “church going girl”. \u00a0Each role I held led to very different actions and attitudes on my part. \u00a0That led to a lot of splintering in who I was, because I was basing my identity on my current set of circumstances. \u00a0Essentially I constantly recreated who I was to make people think I was who they wanted me to be.<\/p>\n
That is a particularly problematic approach to life. \u00a0I was spending so much time trying to be the person that the people around me expected, that I lost track of, or rather, never found, who I really was. \u00a0I bounced from one code of ethics to the next, justifying it all under the umbrella of needing to fit in; it was a “when in Rome, do as the Romans” mentality. \u00a0It left me exhausted and without direction or a “true North”. \u00a0I didn’t rely on any one set of standards to determine what was right or wrong, or to guide my decisions and behaviors.<\/p>\n
As my walk toward and with Christ developed, I saw how very wrong that was and how I hurt the One who gave everything for me. \u00a0God sent His Son to earth from heaven to pay for all those times that I chose to live by any standard other than His own. \u00a0Every time that I chose to put a label on myself that didn’t read “Child of God” it was putting another lash across His perfect back. \u00a0I have spent the majority of my life living with the wrong answer to the question, “Who are you?”<\/p>\n
As Christians, our first and most sincere response to that question should be, “I am a child of God.” \u00a0That identification should permeate our being to the point that others can consistently see it. \u00a0We shouldn’t feel like Alice in Wonderland unsure of just who we are right now. Regardless of the role we are in or the activities we enjoy, our identification should always be based on who we are in Christ. \u00a0That can only be found by developing a deep and intimate relationship with Him.<\/p>\n
Now I ask you, “Who are you?” \u00a0Who are you willing to identify yourself as regardless of what is happening? \u00a0Regardless of who you are around? \u00a0Regardless of what it may cost you in social standing? \u00a0Who are you?<\/p>\n
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\nBut\u00a0whoever\u00a0denies\u00a0Me\u00a0before\u00a0men, him I will also deny\u00a0before\u00a0My Father who is in heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"