{"id":3026,"date":"2017-04-19T12:44:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2020-12-16T15:36:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T20:36:56","slug":"who-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/19\/who-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Who I am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am treasured. I am chosen. I belong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for\u00a0<\/i><b><i>His treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.\u201d \u202d\u202d<\/i><\/b>Deuteronomy\u202c \u202d7:6<b><i>\u202c \u202d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>How wonderful to wake up and realize before my feet hit the ground: God is good and He created things for me to walk in today. He means good for me and He means for me to share His goodness with others.<\/p>\n<p>No matter the place (at home, at a hospital, traveling&#8230;) God is there. He sees me and He knows all about me. He watches while I sleep and waits for me to wake and come to Him. He promises something from His hand, each morning, treasures and wisdom if I will only seek it out.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing masters me when I stay at His feet, my full attention on Him and His Word. <i><strong>It is before God alone that I stand or fall and I stand because He holds me up!<\/strong>\u00a0Romans 14:4.\u00a0<\/i>He wants me to succeed in my quest to discover what pleases Him.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been adopted as I am, yet He won&#8217;t leave me that way. He has enormous plans. He sees a hopeful future of total <i>maturity<\/i>. Yes, we come just as we are&#8230; but not to stay that way. We grow in Christ. Leaving old patterns behind and stretching toward Christ-like-ness.<\/p>\n<p>I am a new creation, free from the bonds of sin. I am no longer labeled by my sin, my <b>identity<\/b> is in Christ. I&#8217;ve been crucified (dead and buried) with Christ and it is not longer I who live, but Christ Resurrected, lives in me!<\/p>\n<p>This is who I am. A better than imagined me. <b><i>His treasured possession<\/i><\/b> &#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p><b>ForGlorySake- <\/b><i>Anna\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_5229-0.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_5229-0.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_5229-0.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_5229-0.jpg?resize=1568%2C2091&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_5229-0.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_5229-0.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am treasured. 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