It’s hard for me to imagine more supportive extended families, but they were very different. Both of my parents remarried just a few years after their divorce, so I had four sets of extended families. I have no memories of the two of them together. Our families of origin play an oversized role in our search for identity. It’s particularly a tough search for those of us who grew up in divorced families. Like I said, it’s hard to find yourself-no matter how hard you’re trying. the search was called off when searchers realized that the missing woman was in the search party looking for herself. The Coast Guard was even preparing a helicopter to help. The woman didn’t recognize the description of the missing person, so she joined in the search.įifty people searched the canyon. The word passed around quickly that they had a missing passenger.

One woman left to go change her clothes, but her neighbors didn’t recognize her when she returned.

I read a story a few years back that relates to identity, and it has stuck with me ever since.Ī group of tourists traveling through Iceland stopped near Eldgja canyon in the country’s southern highlands. Finding yourself-discovering who you are in Christ-isn’t easy. Yet many of us just don’t have the patience for a search that we won’t fully complete on this side of eternity. In many ways, it is the ultimate journey of the Christ-follower. Discovering who God made you to be takes a lifetime. Our identity in Christ may be simultaneously the most important and most ignored part of our spiritual growth. “The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.”- Tim Keller Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn WhatsApp

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