Who are you? Well, the “no,” the “F,” the one pink line instead of two, the switch from “Mrs.” back to “Ms.,” the lay off, the dreaded 2 am phone call; are all outcomes that we tend to use to identify ourselves as failures and mistakes inadequate and condemned. But it’s one thing to be affected by outcomes. It’s another thing to be defined by them. Our identity is who we believe ourselves to be at the core. It is always found in our god. Your god is that which you can’t help Continue Reading
From Weeping to Announcing
Know Your Role
Every now and again I have to remind my children who has what role in this house. I tell them “Daddy and I are the parents. You are the child. We assume these roles with these tasks and you assume those roles and those tasks.” Then, sometime later, they began to mix up who is who and who can do what and again we review. Such is life. Turns out, my children are not the only ones guilty of misunderstanding who is who in the story of life. I, too, have some issues. I realized this while Continue Reading