Who are You?

Galatians 6:4 (MSG) Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others.
When I was a young married woman I was torn as to which way I should go. As I became aware of the gifts inside of me I was totally lost. Before I knew myself, I had been completely focused on only one direction, the then passion of my life, nursing, oblivious to the me inside.
The more I knew the more the struggle became. Until my mid 20s I was blind to the creative within my life. As I unlocked it it sprang out with such a force it knocked me over. As I surveyed what I had unlocked I was overwhelmed.
I had only known academia and the pursuit of knowledge. To discover the creative was a little disconcerting, what do I do with all of this? Why is it such a raging torrent? Where did this force come from?
I had come to Christ at 19. As I pursued my relationship with Him the floodgates opened and with it all the debris was collected and forced downstream.
Growing up in country Australia, each year, almost, I would witness the flooding of the local creeks and river. All the loose branches and logs were swept along only to be caught up against unyielding trees.
Debris is always around and will either be burned by the bushfire or swept away by the flood. Debris is a part of life.
As I live in Him He cleanses me and sets me free. The flood and the fire are necessary for all the debris to be taken away so that I can walk a path without litter or distraction.
I have watched my life conform to His image and as I yield I change. I am now a different person to the one who I was 7 years ago, pre-divorce. Stuff that I did not recognise as litter has gone. I like what I see now, I like who I am now.
Each of us have litter and little do we know how much it hinders and when the fires of life come we squeal but they must come, so must the floods.
Last year my state, Victoria, experienced severe bushfire, this year extreme rain and consequent flood. We are now ready to live. Amen!

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