We have been searching. Searching for the place where we fit, where we belong. It has been a very, VERY long journey. A journey made by two people......one uncomfortable with change and one slow to change......VERY slow to change. We have searched everywhere, the internet, books, the Bible, the minds of those wiser than ourselves......but most importantly, we have searched our hearts. And we are finding answers to our questions. One of the most important questions we have asked is, "How do we want to be identified?" So I ask myself, how DO I identify myself and just what exactly do I believe to be true? What I found is not just something I believe, it is something I KNOW.....something that will never change no matter what I read, watch, or hear........I am a baptized believer of Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ who was placed in the womb of a virgin by God's own hand, Jesus Christ who spent his life living and teaching who God is and showing us that God is love. God is joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Jesus Christ who died a miserable death that he did not deserve, because he knew that I would deserve it. Jesus Christ that defeated death and sits on the right hand of God today. Alive. Moving. Working. Jesus Christ that is not only my salvation, but my hope and my joy, because with little between he and I, it takes very little to make me happy, but with a lot between he and I, almost nothing can make me happy. Jesus Christ who somedays is proud of me, somedays is frustrated with me, and somedays is dissapointed in me......but ALWAYS loves me. Jesus Christ who is sitting on the edge of his throne waiting for God to say, "GO!" so he can come back to take me home.
That is my identity.......that is what I believe and what I know. Nothing else matters.
