identity

I am currently reading Beth Moore's book So Long, Insecurity. It is possible you will see more tweets and blog posts that reflect this processing. However, I was prompted to put down the book for a few minutes and revisit a poem from a bible study I participated in during college. The study was from a workbook called Search for Significance. It had a definite impact on my thinking and I have been reminded of the truths it reiterates many times since then. We focused a lot on this poem. I have thought to share it with my former homegroup girls so many times before and failed to do it, so here it is.

My Identity in Christ

Because of Christ's redemption,
I am a new creation of infinite worth.

I am deeply loved,
I am completely forgiven,
I am fully pleasing,
I am totally accepted by God.
I am absolutely complete in Christ.

When my performance
reflects my new identity in Christ,
that reflection is dynamically unique.

There has never been another person like me
in the history of mankind,
nor will there ever be.
God has made me an original,
one of a kind, really somebody!

For me, it has taken reading and rereading it, revisiting it time and time again focusing on each part to try to get it to sink in. Obviously, I am still on this journey.

Right now I am trying to attack and put to death this ugly part of my heart-insecurity-with the vengence we have been studying from Colossians. I don't even know what that looks like, nor am I even sure I want to fight that hard. However, I do believe it will affect my relationships, career, etc. significantly if I have the courage in Christ to do it.