you know, they say you gotta know who you are before you know where you´re gonna go...

thing is, for me it was reversed. i knew where i was headed, i knew where i was going too- the thing was i didnt know who i was.

identity. now theres a $.10 word. anybody can tell you what it means and you can get pretty much the same answer, but to get someone to tell u what it means to them is another story.

you find out a lot about yourself when you travel. everyone should travel just for that reason, even if its just for a few days. now if you travel alone, you find out quite a bit more about yourself. hah

ive learned quite a bit about myself- Gods been graceful and faithful to show me who i am, and who He sees through His eyes.
so who am i? no no no. thats not my point, i know who i am. the purpose is to prompt yourself to think, to search and find yourself out- through His eyes.

you know a while back names meant a lot. now its a trendy thing to name their kids after fruit, seasons, months of the year, or if you´re lucky: Moon Unit 2.
names used to be your identity. who you were, and your character. that would really horrible to have the name Whiner, wouldnt it?
no but even moreso, it showed people who you were going to be, and what lies ahead of you-
your future.

all of us are born a "Jacob", our sin nature. its when we wrestle out of our own desires and search out our identity that we are then known as "Israel". Jacob was talked about when he faltered, when he was in his lows, when he wasn´t trusting in God. Israel was talked about as God´s chosen one. God made His covenant with Israel, and Israel was given a land of promise, and inheiritance, and a future.Thus, when we wrestle out of our own selfish and old desires away to our new identity, we find much more than a name, but a whole new life.
It is then that we are really born, that we really start living.

God gives each and everyone of us a new name, because He only sees the best in us, even when we´re at our very worst. its only when we seek after Him and our future through Him that we´re given the opportunity to live in the light and be the very best "you" that you were meant to be.

wrestle with that thought for a moment.
now seek it out with all you are, that you might find real purpose.
the opportunity to REALLY live.


HELLO
my name is Brian


what´s YOURS?