We Must Know THE Artist

I found a writing from March, 4th 2010. In reading it I find I am inspired unto peace once again...

"Sometimes I feel this pressure to figure everything out all at once about who God made me to be. This self-focus and self-evaluation sneaks up on me and drowns me in a whirlwind of analyzation. 

I'm finding that this discovery is a process to be ENJOYED, not filled with drudgery or pressure. I'm finding that the process is more simple than I imagined... know God and you will know yourself...

We cannot know who we are unless we know who GOD is. He is our Father and gives is identity... only He truly knows who we are. We have filters and blinders from wounds, accusations, people's opinions, our own concepts etc... God sees deeper...

Actually, He sees so deeply because He hand crafted us in the womb... He really knows us. Just like an artist knows their work, He knows us and put elements of Himself in us. He invested Himself in us... ideas, dreams, expressions of His nature, who HE is, is who WE ARE... we bare the image of our Creator. 

People's ideas of who we are changes... our own idea of who we are changes too... man looks on the OUTSIDE, but God looks at the HEART. It's the heart that lasts and stays with us. It's the heart, the core of who we are that holds the passions and life we express and live.

Lastly, we are not bound by the boxes of what was or has been, in society, history, and in our minds. No two people are alike and therefor we've already been set-up to do something new, fresh, unique, and full of the LIFE/PASSION in us. Only you can show the world the love of Jesus as you... no one else can do that... no one else can be you!!! We all have so much value. We can just BE. 

What elements of the Artist do you express?"