I was going through my Inbox this morning and found this devotional:
Becoming the Real Me by Renee Swope
These words spoke to me about where I’m at at the moment…
“I had always tried to be who others wanted or needed me to be. But honestly, I wasn’t very good at it. I often had this uneasy feeling in my heart and a sense of just not being happy. And I was a constant candidate for burn out.
I wasn’t living out the truth held in our key verse today: “[God] created my inmost being; [He] knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalm 139:13, NIV)
I was not designed to be who others expected me to be, or even wanted me to be. I was created to become all that God planned for me to be. But I was lost in the process of my becoming.”
I’m struggling with this at the moment, I’ve just started reading:
The Me I Want To Be by John Ortberg
Reminds me of a quote I once read/heard: “That’s why we’re called human beings, not human doings.”
I think I need to take a closer look at Paul’s life:
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” (Philippians 4:12)
Just be.
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