Who do you think you are?

Your identity - Who you are is not what you do, you are not a cyclist, a runner, a manager, a mum, a banker, a shop assistant, a drug addict or a VIP. You are NOT what you do. 

But for most people, this bypasses the brain. The ego loves to hold onto all of those titles, if not for our own sake to make ourselves feel great, then for comparison to others in order to exert  our own superiority and inflate our ego some more. The good news is, your ego is not you.  Your ego is your ego. YOU on the other hand, are quite different.

You were made to be compassionate to others, caring to those in need, show kindness to each person. You were made to love the unlovable and rejoice with your enemies.  Don’t believe me… Well its’ true…

You were born to forgive others and be forgiven, to love and be loved, to serve and be served.  You were born to be free to be you, wholly you not a tamed down version or a cheap imitation. Not a mass produced model like every other human being, but a unique master piece created by a great designer. The best.

You were not created to live in a body that you despise, to live in a mind that throws guilt, shame, embarrassment, and grief at you at every given opportunity. Your body is a temple that houses an individually created spirit. That is desperate to fly freely and take your body with it, not to be trapped inside a body, bound, broken, forgotten and life less.

You are an incredible human being… I know you don’t believe me still… and that is because even though you live every day in that flesh of yours, you have been tricked into think that that is you!  The contradictions between what you do and who you are don’t marry up! The habits, the anger, the brokenness, the shame, the confusion, that isn’t you! … Who tricked you into thinking that!?

 YOU lie underneath all of that, deep deep in the soul, that is where you live.  Most people don’t take the time in life to get to know their true self, and instead live each day with a watered down version at best.  Don’t do that. Be clever.  Spend time, digging deep.  Get to know the true you and watch them fly!

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body

    and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

Psalm 139: 13-14

Do you though?

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