He Calls Me By Name
What is Your
True Identity? Paul was a man possessed of an identity. He said, “I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault” Phillipians 3:5-6 (NLT).
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When I was a child I was content to be the son of two really great people. That was my identity, and I was proud of my parents and family. As I grew into independence, I wanted a more personal, unique identity. I became a musician and a calligrapher and attached weight and meaning to these identities. In fact, when I had my instrument in a musical setting or my pens and some paper, I could do things that most of my peers
