In a conversation with the young woman who I wrote about in She Is Safe Now, she shared with me, “I am a mess.” That would be a normal thing to feel for anyone going through difficult times. I understood how she was feeling. I have had such thoughts myself at times.
However, for anyone who believes in Jesus, that is not our identity. Our identity is child of God. Our identity comes from our relationship with God whether we feel it or not.
So my response to her was, “You are not a mess. You are not the mess. You are God’s daughter who he loves. Life has been a mess and in many ways you had no choice, but you are not the mess and you are not a mess. You are God’s daughter and he loves you so much that he will help you clean up the mess of life step by step.”
I am statements refer to identity. I have statements refer to a situation we have. Example- I have chronic illness but I am not chronic illness.
I am statements speak to the core of who we are, so if we begin to say to ourselves, I am a child of God, I am loved by God and such statements, we can begin to refocus ourselves in life.
So I am a child of God, and I have blessings that come with that including relationship with God, friendships at church, Jesus walking with me step by step in life and more.
I think coffee might be one of those blessings too 🙂
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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