June 15th, 2021

I have so many thoughts running through my head as my youngest son gets ready to graduate high school.  One thought that keeps creeping into the forefront is “Who am I”?  For the last 21 years, one of my main priorities has been to be a mother.  Now I know I am still a mother.  But as my last child graduates and gets ready to leave for college, being a mother takes on a whole new role.  This really has me thinking…”Who am I”?

I have a picture that hangs in my bathroom. The title of it is “Who I am in Christ ''.  I don’t know where I got it.  And most of the time, I am so busy that I don’t really look at it.  But today, as I am reflecting on my baby graduating, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.  You see, I have been taking my identity from things of this world.  A wife.  A mother.  A teacher.  A business owner.  There is nothing wrong with these things.  But are they really what I should be using to define who I am? These things are fleeting. They can change.  Like when I left teaching to work with my husband in our business.   During our time on earth, we all have defined who we are by the things we do.  Some of us even define ourselves with negative thoughts.  I am useless.  I am unlovable.  I am a failure.  I know there are many times in my life where these negative thoughts consume me and I struggle with looking at myself.  

Jesus sees us differently than we see ourselves.  He knows everything about us (the good and bad).  He made each of us a unique person.  He made us special.  Jesus wants us to define ourselves as He sees us:

He sees you as his child.   (John 1:12)  
He calls all of us children.  God wants us to see him as our father. 

As a disciple, you are a friend of Jesus.  (John 15:15)  
When we walk with Jesus, we learn from him.  He wants to walk with us daily as a friend.  He wants us to spend time talking with Him. Confiding our thoughts and feelings to Him.  He wants to listen to all of it. 

​You are a member of Christ’s body.  (1 Corinthians 12:27)
We are all a part of Christ’s body, chosen by Him to do great and mighty things.  He created each of us to do something no one else can do. 

You have been chosen by God and adopted as his child.  (Ephesians 1:4)
Jesus chose me!  Jesus chose you!  We are part of His family!

You are a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of his life.  (John 15:5)
Jesus is a part of you.  He is a part of me.  He wants us to spend time with him.

You are God’s workmanship.  (Ephesians 2:10)
God created each of us to be just how we are supposed to be.  He has mighty plans for us.  He believes we can do anything He created us to do.  

These are just a few verses from the bible that we can use to define ourselves.  These identities do not change depending on our life circumstances.  So today, instead of looking at ourselves with our human eye...lets look at how Jesus sees us.  He will always call us His beloved child.


(The picture in my bathroom is listed online through Freedom in Christ Ministries.  The verses used in this blog were taken from this picture.)