Who Are You - Really?

I am reading through a very insightful book, in fact have quoted from it previously on this blog, called Listening to Love by Jan Meyers. Had to share this paragraph with you, especially in light of my last post:

Madeleine L'Engle says, "God understands that part of us which is more than we think we are." That's an understatement. Our Perfect Parent sees the splendor intended for us from the beginning. ("Yes, it is a miracle. And no one knows it yet, but this boy is brilliant of mind, pure of heart, and will display his strength in amazing ways.") In Ephesians 2 he calls us his workmanship -- his poema, his work of art, created for a unique (meaning no one else can fill it) place in this kingdom.⁸ You can hear the tragedy of how we diminish the handiwork, especially the redeeemed handiwork of God, when we join in a dark chorus about ourselves. Angelus Silesius says, "God, the devil and the world all wish to enter me. Of what great lineage my noble heart must be."⁹ Why would the Adversary even bother with you if you were only intended for reality television-level identity? Why, when thinking of yourself, would you join the chorus that names you Average, Selfish, Hopefully Someone Will Notice Me when even the dark ones themselves acknowledge you to be Worth Having, Noble, Royal Lineage, A Threat, Marked for Mind-Blowing Wonderful Things, Belonging to Jesus?

So, Who are You - Really?

Time to rethink it? redefine yourself? start believing the Truth about yourself? !!

Be your Mind-Blowing Self!

Blessings,

Dr Jon

⁸In Ephesians 2:10, the Greek word for workmanship (NIV) is poema, which means poem.

⁹ Angelus Silesius, quoted in Macrina Wiederkehr, A Tree Full of Angels: Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1998), 90.

----from Jan Meyers, Listening to Love (Waterbrook Press, 2004), 186.