i am who God says i am.

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mufasa: simba, you have forgotten me.
simba: no, how could i?
mufasa: you have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me. look inside yourself, simba. you are more than what you have become. remember who you are. you are my son.

when i heard that, i just stopped. and i was like wow, God. this is You. this is You right here. You and me ♥

"you have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me."
we are created in the image of God. we are crafted soo lovingly and intentionally and thoughtfully by God. we have God's fingerprints all over us. and when we feel discontent with who we are or let ourselves get consumed with insecurity, we're calling into question His handiwork and His goodness and His love- who He is. "for we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (eph 2:10) when we lose sight of who we are, everything we are, we lose sight of who He is, and everything He is. i am who God says i am. i need to stop forgetting.

"you are more than what you have become."
God wants so much more for us. He has such bigger dreams and bigger plans and bigger purposes for us :) "for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." (isa 55:8) God's best really is best. we might not be able to see it right now, but trust and obey, for there's no other way.. to be happy in jesus, but to trust and obey. jesus, i want to be everything You've made me to be.

"you are my son."
or for some of us, "you are my daughter." ♥
wow. that is so powerful. and so ENOUGH.
you are my daughter.
this is where my identity should lie. this should be enough to define who i am and what i do. these four words should be my peace and my joy. in this simple statement, there is wrapped so much unconditional love and security and power.
you are my daughter.
i know i am loved by the king, and it makes my heart wanna sing.



"i lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from?
my help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."
psalm 121:1-2

♥♥♥

heh. if anyone couldn't tell before, the lion king is my most favorite movie :) and the really cool part is, i was feeling sad tonight after watching pretty woman and i knew i should go to God with my sadness and my longing but instead, i crawled into bed and put on the lion king ♥ and God used that to reach me, to reach out to me, to speak to me, to comfort me. oh God ♥ how You love me :)