I’ve thought about blogging for some time, but as the clock has ticked us into a new year I’ve resolved to take those inner musings from the land of Ethereal
“Enjoying the Light” is just that—my journey as a child of Light, Abba’s child, sharing the beauties, triumphs, struggles, experiences of unseen and seen together, enjoying life as I discover mysteries, like treasures, that make my journey rich on so many levels, a journey that is taking me somewhere, forever.
My current ponderings have included a popular word in our culture: authenticity. Perhaps because many are looking for an authentic life. I know I am. We live in a society filled with hype and illusion, with copies rather than originals--in all realms of society including church. I not only want authenticity, I want to be authentic. I’m tired of the reprints I’ve embraced—both rebel and religious for I’ve done both—that define life and style after a reproduced pattern that heralds a man-made, self-made, even devil-made identity…devil-made because it is the dark one who schemes to cloak who I am as an authentic child of light—a woman of worth, with divine destiny, purpose, creativity and quantum wealth.
The term “Authentic” declares a thing to be unique and original as opposed to fake or a reproduction. It is the affirmation of a distinctive work and its author, creator, or composer. God is the Father of life--my Father, Creator, Author...and Finisher. He has a distinctive design in mind for my life. I can get enamored with copies the world presents me, but His unique design with me is much better! And oh so creative! Never dull! Never boring! Shaping my life with unending delight in discovery of who He is AND who I am!
Desiring another’s picture for my life will only make me an unoriginal copy, or worse, a fake. The world makes copies, religion makes copies, but God intricately shapes His children in His likeness and in the beauty of how He created us individually. His children are new and unique creations for a beautiful purpose, a divine reason for an eternal season—part of an important plan set in motion from before time began. There’s no one else like me, or you.
So what is my struggle, triumph and treasure today? Getting this blog out! Struggling against an agenda of perfect words, the triumph of hitting the “post” button, and unearthing the treasure of having permission to be me, just as I am, unafraid of other’s opinions—to go, to do, to be—a child who is learning the freedom of authentic living as Abba’s daughter.
Enjoy your day in the light!
J. Nicole
