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MorningInspiration - Beliefs - Who Am I - Identity Feat North Point Community Church in Atlanta Clay Scroggins

Hello

Thanks as always for stopping by.

Hope you enjoyed last week’s post, which gave you an insight into our lives outside the blog.

This new blog post is inspired by Clay Scroggins (link below). I felt so blessed by it and hope you do too.

I think most could relate to it in some shape or form, so I would encourage you to share this.

Best wishes

KIMI X


Who AM I?

I received this message in a very timely fashion, as at the same time I was writing for my book on how parental failure, left me feeling defeated. This sour life event, turned into a belief of- I will never win in life. The relentlessness of the emotional pain was weighing me down that I didn’t see beyond my natural confinement. The lack of academic success only feed my insecurities and reinforced this belief. I had a very poor self-image as the foundations laid before me was toxic beyond comprehension.

Through the grace of God, my emotional pain is healing and the renewal of my mind is more apparent as I am replacing old thoughts with the Word of God- How Christ sees me? A story that caught my attention was of Steve Pemberton, he was brought up in care and his life events was plighted by never-ending pain. I loved his words of, my children corrected every wrong that was in my life. You are not defined by what you inherit, you are defined by what you build. I can only guess his strong will of not letting his circumstances predestine his future, allowed him to eventually break free. 

How we see ourselves has a direct impact on the life choices we make or don’t make, so immediately the message struck a chord with me. The family you were born will form part of your identity, which is forever changing and evolving. How we process these life events has an even greater impact on our identity, than the events itself. In other words our identity is formed or shaped largely by our beliefs on these life events. The above case study is a great example of this, instead of following the status quo on recreating the dysfunction that once broke him, he made a conscious decision to better himself (Clay Scroggins).

I wanted to close by answering the question of who am I?

I am a 33 years old, a mother to a beautiful daughter named Lola. I have survived abuse and am keen to use this experience to educate and elevate others. I hope to become an author and speaker that engages with the audience on an intimate level in that I feel your pain and I hope my story could be of help. I am a follower of Jesus and passionate about sharing his Word through my testimony.  I believe God’s will for me is to use my gift in writing to inspire the uninspired and motivate the unmotivated. In the words of Josh Seabolt- hope for the hopeless, salvation for the lost and freedom for the addiction. Living in the spirit of Christ, has allowed me turn a mess into a message and my pain into my purpose.

I would love to hear from you, please comment below or just to say hello on other SM sites. 

God Bless

KIMI x

#Romans #Romans12:2

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