I Am

Let’s see … I am … I am who I am. I am who I think I am. I am who others think I am. I am who God knows I am. I am not capable of being someone else. I am not yet the person I would like to be—in God’s image. I am capable of being a better me—but only with God’s help.

I have learned to be content, no matter what the circumstances are. — Philippians 4:11

Ten Thoughts to Ponder

1. With our limited knowledge, we deal with symptoms while only God can help us with the cause.
2. God doesn’t watch the clock, because he has all the time he needs.
3. Through people, God accomplishes what neither he nor the people could do independently.
4. We change our desires by the conscious choice of delighting in the Lord, an act of free will that we can change but God cannot.
5. Our written words are important when they apply the talk to the walk.
6. When I think I know, I still don’t know what I don’t know.
7. God is an entirely different get-rich opportunity of eternal value.
8. People waste their lives on treasures with no lasting value.
9. Questions are essential to internalize external truth.
10. Disappointment comes from an inability to see enough progress.

Questions for Further Thought

• What can make us “comfortable in our own skin”?
• Why are cosmetics a multi-billion-dollar industry?