Who Am I ?

I am part of a group of people doing a counselling course. We do various exercises and one inspirational exercise was pairing off and asking each other 5 times the simple question "Peter.............Who are you?" We then were challenged to get away from "I am a father" "I am a husband" etc and more into "I am someone who is both gracious and ungracious" or "I am some one who loves " or " I am a person who wants to be like Jesus" focusing more on values. So we went back into pairs and asked that most profound of questions another 5 times.
Try this with a friend. It's amazing how quickly you begin to see who you are!
I know this could get all philosophical but it helped to focus me and realise just what my proiorities in life are. Who do I want to be? Yes I want to be like Jesus but then, who is He?
(for more information read the gospels!!)


I heard a sermon recently by Andy McCourt(hear it http://www.cfc-net.org/ )on Moses and the burning bush. He said that the conversation went something like this

God says "Who are you Moses?" and then He says "Who am I?"

God says "Who are you Pete?" and then He says "Who am I?"

Its about identity. Even this blog says some thing about who I am.... what I am interested in, books and music etc. Probably the reason your flicking through bloggs is that your interested to find out who people are and more deeply who you are !! But I know I am MORE than books and music, more than this even.


I suppose in many ways I am the product of my parents. They were fallen, sinful people so am I too but maybe being born again into a new family gives me hope that I can start to reflect and adopt the characteristics of my Heavenly Father (and mother ?... thats another blog)
I am the product of my environment/culture etc but when I chose to follow Jesus I became part of another Kingdom and now my values have changed and I am becoming a product of a whole different culture.

The same preacher said the two biggest events in my life are the day I was born and the day I found out why!! So why was I born? Were do I find the answers? .......... back to Jesus again and what He says. "Salt and light".........."to go into all the world"........ "to lay down our lives for each other".....
Does that mean that I was born?............for such a time as this? ............... to receive from and give the life of Jesus to all my friends and family, the stranger , the enemy?.................to worship Him 24/7................to set an example to my children of how to live a life like Jesus............. born to die(like Jesus!!) and then be resurrected (like Him too!)......................................................

Maybe you can add your 'Why was I born?' statements...................... go ahead I dare you!!