By Daniel Garner
"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mothers womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it" - Psalms 139: 13-14
"Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip" - Glenn Beck, "The Christmas Sweater"
Growing up, one of my favorite toys to play with were Transformers. I mean come on, a toy that is a car and a robot warrior? Golden!
So, around the holiday season for the Salvation Army's Christmas Angel Tree I always tend to gravitate towards Transformers in the toy aisles. As I was shopping recently I found a new version of one of the toys and I picked it up and looked at the back cover where it said in big letters "Transforms in only 19 Steps!"
My immediate thought was "There's less steps than that to be President of the United States!"
But then I started thinking about how complicated life can be sometimes. How caught up in all of the steps that we undertake for success in our jobs, schools and relationships.
And in those time, when life gets really rough, it's important to remind ourselves of who we are. Saying we get caught up in life sometimes is the understatement of the year. So, reminding ourselves of not only our blessings but who we are invites the peace of God that only He can give. The Lord Himself has pieced us together and sometimes it's good to remind ourselves of that wonderful fact. Psalms 139: 13 says "You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mothers womb". And God didn't stop there! He is continually working in and throughout our lives.
The words "I am" are two words that can contain some of the most powerful statements in the universe. What follows those two words are entirely up for you to create and to own.
So, who are you?
Try this next time you feel a bit down or unfocused...
- I am a child of God (Galatians 4: 7)
- I am forgiven (Ephesians 1: 7)
- I am loved (Colossians 3: 12)
- I am not incomplete (1 Corinthians 6: 17)
- I am a good person (Romans 6: 6)
- I am always moving forward (Philippians 3: 12-14)
And...
I am not anywhere close to stopping shining!