Glory in Our Sufferingsنموونە

Our Identity in Christ: I struggled with my identity in Christ for a long time. I was raised by a broken mother who repeated generational curses. I had no healthy adult in my life to love, encourage, support, and do all the things a child needs. Because I had a broken relationship with my biological mother and didn’t know my biological father, I found it difficult to know how to have a relationship with my heavenly father. I found it difficult to trust God when my earthly parents couldn’t protect and love me, so why would I believe that God would? Over time, God’s faithfulness and goodness found me again and again. I let God hold my hand and guide me in baby steps that led me to trust him. Over the years, I embraced him as my heavenly father. I immensely longed to have a “mother,” and in the end, I felt abandoned. One day, I cried to God about this, and he took me to the verse Isaiah 49: 14-15: “But Zion said, 'The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.'" The verse continues, "'Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you.'" God has shown me that I was made in innocence long before I was in my mother's womb. He created me for his goodness! He has had his hand over my life long before I took my first breath. I am thankful that God continues to hold our hand even when we let go. Reader, you are God’s precious son and daughter. Your identity is found in him, not in your sin, brokenness, or the deceiving lies of the enemy. He loves you so much!