By His Wounds Excerpt

"Who are you? How do you describe yourself to others? For what do you want to be known? And in the stillness when no one else is around, how do you view yourself? If you are like me, you have likely spent much of your life trying to figure out who you are and what purposes and accomplishments will give meaning to your life. Since I was a young child, I have watched others' responses to things I have said and did. Longing for affirmation and approval, their reactions determined how I would act next. As I grew up, I admired from afar those who seemed comfortable in their won skin with the confidence to act as they were convicted rather than react in light of others' actions toward them. . . but what about you? Back to the opening question of the book, who are YOU? What triggers your insecurities? To what do you look to define your worth and establish your identity? Is it your degree or career? Did the bottom drop out from under you when you lost you high-status job in your friend o choice? Is it your husband? Dow you daily happiness depend on his affirmation and approval of you? Is it your children? Do you feel pride over their successes and shame over their failures? They have the power to rear your heart out, you know. Raiseing my children has exposed my insecurities at an entirely new level. Or if you do not have a husband or children, do you feel like you are in a holding pattern with no personal identity until God gives them to you? To what are you looking for your identity and security? I believe that you, like me, will find answers in Ephesians to these questions that will sustain you for a lifetime. . ."


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