First, I am so thankful for my church family at MCCPB and its leadership. This ministry has been God's hand in my life through the journey this last 8 years. Wow, has it been that long? I appreciate the Spirit of Christ that I find there in the people and pastor!
Although, I accepted who I was back then, I still struggled with what this meant and how to live it out, in such a small town, where everybody knows you name and business.
Jesus asked his disciples at one point, who do men say that I am? Then he asked, who do you say that I am? Peter spoke up, with a radical statement for the time, and said, you are the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus commended him from hearing this from God.
Well, you and I are in the same place. We can concern ourselves with what others say about us and who we are. We can be consumed with who our closest friends say we are, or we can allow God to tell us who we are. We are sons and daughters of God, with God's spirit within, who will make this relationship real, every moment of the journey.
I am thankful, that God has accepted me in the beloved. But I am even more thankful for the gifts that God has given. I am who God has made me to be. I have a relationship with God and daily I work out what this means. I like most, like definitions labels and plans laid out. However this is not faith. This Life, this relationship with God is lived by faith.
Relationship is about growth and relating with each-other as we grow. God meets us where we are and leads us to the fulness of life that we were created for. This is about transforming from the ego (false identity of self) to the higher life that God has purposed inside each of us. Everyone has inside them a knowing that there is more. A desire to reach that more. Things, people will not bring this more. It is found in God and reveals itself through us as we journey with God in relationship. This relationship, is based on honesty, and trust. We can trust God to be honest about what we really feel, and struggle with. Faith that is too fragile to meet us where we really are in life, is not real faith.
I am God's son. I am not perfect, but I am becoming more whole, I am being transformed into the wholeness that God purposed for me. I am not a label. I am not living up to other's expectations or definitions. I am living out my relationship with God. I am not hiding, I am shining!
We are called to love each other. We are commanded not to judge. You may not like things about me. You may not agree with me about what I beleive or how I live my life, but the truth is, that is none of your business. I am not living for you!
Just love me and I will do the same.
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