Prayer and Purpose

In Numbers we find instructions that Yahweh has given Moses to give to Aaron regarding a blessing upon His people: "Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, Yahweh bless you and keep you; Yahweh make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; Yahweh lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 'So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.'" Numbers 6:22‭-‬27 ESV Re-read the last sentence. God wanted the priests to mark His people as His. I grew up hearing this every Sunday as our benediction, and it is fitting because, though I am not an Israelite, I am chosen by God, adopted into His family. Paul writes in his letter to the Galatians, "for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither sla...

I am desperately in love with Yahweh! I am a forgiven child of God. I am created to love, serve and commune with Yahweh. I am a beautiful, powerful creation. I am a godly wife, desperately in love with her husband. I am raising beautiful, intelligent, bi-lingual Christ-followers. For a few years now I have had this or something like this written out for myself to remind me of who I am and in whom I find my identity. It seemed to be a blessing to the ladies in my Bible study and I wanted to pass it on to others. To make something like this for yourself can remind you that your identity isn't as the world perceives it -- the world often associates a person's job with their identity. Rather, we are children of God, forgiven and given life through the death of Jesus, our job is just what we do.  In college, I remember sitting down with a friend one morning and she asked me to make a list of good things about myself. That moment, all I could come up wit...