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Who you Say I am

Let's tie my two worlds together through song :) My son LOVES pop music. Much to this mama's chagrin. In my car it's rarely on, but he's into AJR, so I'm into AJR! My favorite song of theirs is Netflix Trip with my favorite line of:

Who am I to wonder who I am?

If those don't read like Christian lyrics, I don't know what does!!

Now, onto the current Hillsong song: Who You say I am

I am chosen...not forsaken. I am who you say I am.

TADA! They fit together so beautifully, it's almost like they need a blog post :) (insert cheese face)

When I wonder in terms of who I am and I'm stuck in a "world" mindset, I feel all kinds of not so good things. I feel like a failure as a wife (like, hello - I'm not even in that role anymore because I was so bad at it!), not so awesome as a mom, I have wasted my education (as the woman with a master's degree has chosen to stay home and teach her kiddo- which horrifies a lot of people) and the yuck just pours in! So thinking about who I am in that regard makes me feel just awful. Note. I know those things in parenthesis are NOT true...but they are things some people think about me.

BUT GOD! :) When I think about who HE says I am all that awfulness just goes away. His definition of me is what I know in my heart and it makes all those world definitions and "should's" melt away. His definition polishes my heart instead of tearing it down. His definition tells me this:

I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
I am a child of God.
I am chosen.
I was thought of before the world began.
I am loved.
I have a place.
I am part of a bigger plan I cannot see.
I am free from all of that yuck the world tries to tell me I am.
I am FREE from it all.

Go ahead and read those out loud now. They pertain to you as well.

My roundabout point hopes to be this: AJR has it right. Who are we to wonder who we are? God tells each and every one of us exactly who we are. If you find yourself wondering; open up the Bible and read that Truth. Ignore what the world is throwing at you. The world does NOT know who you are. The world wants you to wonder. God wants you to be sure and confident and free and KNOW who you are...

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