Many of Me – Multiple Personalities

Hi Friends,

I wrote this “Many of Me” two years ago when I was battling so much with my flesh. My spirit was strong, but my flesh was so, so weak! Paul said in Romans 7:15, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do” (NIV).

I totally get this because daily I didn’t understand myself. I knew my identity in Christ, but I didn’t eat or care for my temple though daily I was compelled to do so. I just couldn’t get out of the grips of sin—let’s call it what it was, alrighty? Sometimes we all need a rope and a friend to tug us up out of a ditch if we have allowed ourselves to fall into one.

Many of Me

Woman in the Mirror: There is the me I see in the mirror. When I look in the mirror, I see youth and radiance. I see skinny. I see healthy. The majority of the time, when I look in the mirror, I like what I see.

Woman in the Picture: There’s another image of me—the image in a photo. Whenever I see a photo, I think, “Who is that girl? When did I get fat? What day did that happen? This morning, I looked fine. Why don’t I look fine right now? Why does this picture depict me as fat when people say I’m small? What is the deal?” That image is my least favorite image.

Woman Who Fails Hard: Then there’s this image of me where I am a failure. I’m a bad mom. I make bad choices. I don’t use my words wisely. I hurt people sometimes when I’m frustrated or angry or mad. I don’t like that image very much.

Woman in Christ: And then there’s the way God sees me: lovely, beautiful, chosen, adopted, daughter, princess. God sees me as a princess!

Regardless of what I look like or what I do, I can stand firmly on who God says I am. Without this truth as the foundation, focusing on my outward appearance, dieting, and improving my mom and wife skills are all fruitless because that is shaky, fading ground. God is the only rock on which we can stand firmly forever!

Can I get a witness?! 🙂

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

(Matthew 7:24 NIV)