WHO ARE YOU?

“Who are you?” I asked Marvin when he came into the meeting room of the jail where I chaplain.

I asked the same question to Crystal five or six years ago, and she answered with a big smile on her face, “A child of God.” Not a bad answer for someone who had come to jail in a state of psychotic meth disorder, where she thought all law enforcement people were intent on killing her. Her crime was that she jumped in a sheriff’s car and took off when she was arrested for speeding; she thought the deputy was about to shoot her. When she came out of the psychosis, God was able to speak into her soul.

Who do you say you are? Who you believe you are will determine how you live out your life. If you think you are a peacemaker, you will seek to smooth over conflicts. If you think you are an encourager, you will give positive feedback to those in your sphere of influence. If you think others are against you, you will react with hurt and anger to every suspected slight.

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