“I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.” Isaiah 42: 8
In the world there are whispers, rumors, and even intense declarations of who God is. People speak of Him in high and low places, in anger, in praise, His name is assassinated in the name of comedy and laughter, it is spoken of in reverence and awe, and often He is delegated as just another god among all the other gods people worship.
As a known people pleaser, I placed my honor and glory in the hands of whose who surrounded me and in the work or deeds that I involved myself. To live in that realm is confusing to say the least.
You are just a spoiled princess…
Doris Ann is fat…
You never get nervous…
You will never amount to anything…
You are smart…
You are an idiot…
You are a good mother…
You are the worst mother…
You are so friendly…
You are the hardest person to get along with that I know…
You are pretty…
You look like a horse…
You don’t love your parents…
You are the most loving daughter I have seen…
You are a know it all…
I have never seen anyone as humble as you…
You are sweet…
You are so mean…
You are making an idiot out of me…
You are scarry…
I am certain you have a stored list of statements that have swirled around you, behind you, and in front of you!
When the time was right, and I was broken from carrying all the idols of my heart and their definitions of me, God showed me how He handled these things and also reminded me I was created in His image. The light bulb turned on and light and truth flooded the essence of my being. God Almighty, Creator of the heavens and the earth, The Beginning and the The End, The Alpha and Omega; it is He who defines me….all the other statements are opinions not fact.
So recently when a fellow Malawian tried to give his definition of me…That I did not have the heart of a missionary and that my husband would be better off if he came back and left me in America, I had a silent chuckle between the Lord and myself….we both know my work for Him is in His hands. I will only place my glory into His hands alone.
8 more days until we see America,
Doris