Community - Identity - Humility

These are the three things God has taught me about a lot this week.  It's been one of those weeks when God encourages you, but not in the happy, uplifting encouraging ways.  Instead, He's been encouraging me by breaking off every ounce of pride in me.

It's painful.

Every single day this week, I have been convicted of not living in my identity.

When I don't live in my identity (Christ), I don't live with humility. I'm prideful and arrogant, the exact opposite of a woman of God.  When I don't live with humility, my community, the united body of Christ, suffers.  It suffers because one of it's parts isn't operating as it was created to.

I'm exhausted.  I was hoping this week would be restful as it was Concordia's spring break, so my schedule wasn't filled with all the usual activities.  However, this week was the opposite of restful.  I'm tired of not believing in God enough so that I don't believe in myself.  I'm tired of unintentionally putting God on the back burner every day.  

I'm ready for a change.

Of heart. Of mind. Of spirit.

I'm ready to be refreshed and renewed.