ASIN: B00MG7JL8M
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 39
I am who I amSt. Paul once told his listeners “I am who I am by the grace of God.” Self-acceptance before God requires a mature surrender of who we are to God. God knows who we are and he creates us to love him. Grace will challenge us to let go of our false and pretentious self and accept the abiding presence of God in our hearts. Grace has no room for a foolish lifestyle. “Those who follow me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” Being afraid to walk in the light because of the fear that we will not be accepted or for reasons the world imposes upon us can only lead us further from the truth. God had accepted us “before the world began,” and he desired us to be “holy and blameless in his sight.” He gave to us the “spirit of truth” to guide us to “all truth.” The truth of who we are before God, nothing more nor nothing less. That is sufficient. St. Teresa of Avila ...
