Defining Me

Of all the questions that there are to be asked (& there are many), perhaps the two most important are "Who is God?" & "Who am I?", in that order. In a decision that can only be indicative of this author's aspirations, I henceforth address the latter.

I write in the midst of a cultural phenomenon, on the crest of a wave of tolerance, liberty, rights, social justice and various lives that matter. I write surrounded by systematic labelling, by a taxonomaniacal establishment that would reduce to a tetragram the manifold nuances of my personality. I write from the avante-garde defence of absolute, timeless, objective truth in a war waged by the disenfranchised. In uncertain times, in unpredictable times, I follow the Way, I look to Christ & I stand on the permanence of God's goodness & faithfulness.

Who does the creator of Heavens and Earth say that I am? Could it be that I am eternal? A self not dependant on mood? That there is an everlasting, unshakeable definition of me that doesn't ebb or flow with the tide of how I see myself, but instead anchors to the bedrock of Biblical truth, of Spirit-born new creation and purposeful, deliberate genesis?

I am an image of God, full of fear & wonder. I am a child of God, born of Spirit & flesh. I am an heir of God, saved by choice & grace. I am a new creation, renewed in heart & mind. Before anything else, before all labels, titles & categories, I am a man of God, as such a man of Love, as such a man of Peace.

Before you tell me anything else, tell me your mission - tell me the miracles you've seen, the Words you've heard, the prayers you've screamed with joy & whispered in fear; tell me the works God has prepared for you, the fire in which He has refined you & the turns in the path He has you walking. Tell me you're a prophet, tell me that you preach; share with me your wisdom, trust me with your pain. Be my brother, be my sister.

Find yourself in Jesus