Identity
I’ve been thinking about identity lately.
Particularly examining what I’m putting my identity in.
Is it the clothes I wear? The accomplishments I’ve made? The people I know or how many people know me?
Let’s get real: sometimes we get so wrapped up in how many ‘likes’ we get or how many followers we have.
It’s completely ridiculous.
I even find myself struggling with what people think about my age, or the fact that I haven’t finished college yet.
Basically, my whole identity is defined by what other people think-
or what I believe they think.
This led me deeper into thought about my who I am.
The first thing that came to my mind is obviously my name.
Kimberly Ann. That’s who I am, right?
But what does that mean?
Something I read once, that I truly believe is that:
“names can be prophetic declarations that define a persons’ identity.“
So, our names can certainly influence the essence of who we are.
I looked my name up and I found multiple versions of what it meant, but I took hold of the most recent one I found.
Kimberly : She has great strength
Ann: Full of grace
Have you ever taken the time to find out what your name means?
You might be surprised to see how closely it resembles your personality.
Another thing to think about is that our identity really shouldn’t be who we are, but who He is in us.
I challenge you to make a list of the things you put your identity in and be open.
I was kind of embarrassed by the things I came up with, but it was true and now that I know, I can be careful to not let those things define me.