Who are you?

What makes us who we are?

How did you become "the you" that you are today?

New Year, new resolutions, changes to be made, struggling to fit in, uncomfortable, lost, hopeful are all things that pop in my head when I think of who people are trying to be.

Sometimes we fail.

Some people are able to thrive in times that are stressful.

Others crumble under the pressure.

We make New Year's resolutions because we want to improve as people.

Sometimes we are able to stick with those goals, sometimes we are not.

We always have people throwing their two cents in on who we should be and what we are trying to become.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be stuck in the past.

Coming from a multiple divorce family stinks.

I grew up knowing my family struggled with alcohol, abuse, trying to look like the perfect family, and trying to succeed through of all of it.

When it got really bad and divorce was evident, it was like the bubble burst.

People saw the family we really were and how we struggled from that.

There were things I saw from the divorce that was created in us kids.

Low esteem, struggling with anger, looking for love in the wrong places, anxiety, depression and most of all, we learned well how to cover up how we were feeling.

Who we are in the past does not make who we are today.

Someone once came up to Jesus and told him Herod wanted him dead, leave.

This was how Jesus responded in Luke 13:32-33…

"Go tell that fox, 'I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.' In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day – for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!"

Jesus knew who he was and who he was trying to be.

While some of the people couldn't grasp this.

Jesus told the people that he knew he was going to die.

He knew who he was.

Do you know who you are?

How do you think people perceive you?

Jesus went on and died on the cross because he loved us.

Each and every one of us for the mistakes (sins) we make.

He knew who he was.

Do I know who I am?

I struggle with this daily.

The person I am trying to be.

Things I am working on in me…

• I am trying to be a healthier person. (I weigh about 188 right now, I want to weigh in the low 170's.)
  
• I am trying to be a better listener.
  
• I am trying to be bold with my faith.
  
• I am trying to share the love of Jesus with other people.
  
• I am trying to spend more time with my family immediate and extended.
  
• I am trying to love Jesus more and more every day.
  

I would like to say I am getting there, some days I do great with this, some days I do not.

Who are you trying to be today?

Who are you trying to please?

Who do you want to be this year?
Have a great day.