You Are Not

I would like to be able to give credit to the author of this piece*, but I honestly don't recall where I picked it up. I believe it might have been Rick Warren's blog, but I could be wrong. I do know that it encourages me each time I read it and it had an impact on several people at our Sunday services when I read it as well.
You are not your past
You are not your failures
You are not your parents
You are not your sister
You are not your regrets
You are not your sin
You are not your weight
You are not your divorce
You are not your unemployment
You are not the choices someone else makes for you
You are not your brokenness
You are not your bitterness
You are not your abuse
You are not your loneliness
You are not your marital status
You are not your tax bracket
You are not your crisis

This is who you are:

You are loved
You are forgiven
You are redeemed
You are destined
You are set apart
You are a new creation
You are valued
You are gifted
You are chosen
You are prized
You are reconciled
You are called
You are noticed
You are pursued
You are a child of The King
You are a co-heir with Christ
You are a royal priesthood
You are adored, cherished and treasured by the God of this universe.

When you choose to stop living out who you are not and start to live in who you are, it changes everything.

*Thanks to Kristen Brooks for researching and finding the true authors of this entry. You can see the original posting on their blog HERE.