Our Identity in Christ

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me & I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

John 15:5

As a kid, I vividly remember the adults, the grown-ups, the teachers saying, "Color inside the lines." "That's the right way." "Why can't you be like everyone else?

Even then, I remember thinking, well that's just no fun. Who says that's the right way, the only way?

I'm tired of coloring inside the lines. I want to create my masterpiece, my way, using my colors.

I'm going to color outside the lines. Because I want to, I need to.

P.S. I have a feeling the people who made the lines aren't going to like that very much.

P.P.S. You know what? Oh well, I have some coloring to do.

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I continue to be amazed & in awe of how wonderfully beautiful God created & made each & every one of us.

Each of us is a uniquely created masterpiece; all with our own special, colorful gifts.

Every day, every moment, He continuously shows us His generous love & abundant grace.

Yet at times, I've wondered Who am I? ... What's my purpose?

I fancy myself a creative artist of sorts & am recently embracing the gifts that God has graciously bestowed upon me.

That's my human identity.

My real identity, my real purpose, is I'm a Child of God.

I don't need to do, or be, anything else.

I stopped striving & started just being.

I surrendered & released.

The peace I found, found me first.

For that, I'm eternally grateful. As my secured identity in Christ.

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