Who Am I?

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Who Am I?

by Janise Copeman

Today, we are fascinated with finding out who we are. With the explosion of ancestry.com or DNA kits, we all are curious to know more about what makes us tick. People do a family tree and search way back to find out more about their heritage, which may take hours or even years of researching.

Sometimes, we think we know ourselves: that may be good or bad depending on our levels of acceptance and selfesteem. Other people can see us differently and see things in us that we were never even aware of. That’s why we have

to ask the Lord to examine us, since our own views may be damaged from people, circumstances, past failures or successes…and the list goes on and on.

You may have had so many words spoken over you, especially negative ones, that you start to believe them. Sometimes, we are just a collection of our circumstances: how we see ourselves, who we are so involved with, who we had as parents and as siblings, or where we grew up and under what circumstances and surroundings. It is so true that we can be completely opposite of our families, but so often you hear, “Wow, you are just like your mother or your father.” Or people say the grape doesn’t fall far from the vine.

That’s why it is so important to ask the Lord to examine us and not compare ourselves to others and what they are doing. Sometimes, I see myself one way, and when I read His Word, the Lord challenges me to be more like Him, which is my desire daily.

Our best role model is Jesus. We can compare ourselves with no greater, more admirable example of a person to walk after. Then there are times when, to feel accepted or under peer pressure, we may try to fit into a mold or be something we are not or were never meant to be. How sad it is to feel pressure or expectations when we were never meant to be a cheap imitation or replica of someone else, but our own unique person: as we were designed to be. We have to be true to ourselves and the Lord and ask Him, what is it that you want to do in my life? We are all created so perfectly, woven in His Hands, and are always and daily being molded and shaped like clay. For He is the potter, and we are the clay. Melt me and mold me.

I encourage you today: as I ask the Lord to examine me, ask Him to show to you also how He sees you and heal you, and find your true identity in Him. If you have never known the Lord this way—in a real, personal relationship—I encourage you to start a fresh, new beginning with Him and allow Him to mold and make you into what He has for you.

About The Author

Janise Copeman lives in Trion,Georgia, is 49 years old, and she is blessed to be married to her soulmate for 26 years. She enjoys reading, writing, and encouraging others by spreading joy and love in the Lord.

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