India.Arie has a song entitled "I Am Not My Hair", the chorus says "I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectation...no, I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within."
How many of us describe who we are or our worth by the obvious? By the obvious I mean our relational status, career, family, physical appearance, gifts, talent, associates, financial status, etc. But what happens when one or all of those things are removed or changed at the same time? I will tell you what happens because I have experienced that immobilizing space. In this transitional space, often excruciating in nature, you realize that what you do or what you have does not define you...WHO you are does! But the question is do you really know who you are if you, yourself have always defined who you are by the obvious? When you place your worth in the obvious you miss the true essence of your existence. You are both Wonderfully Divine and Beautifully Human. We are a trichotomy - Body, Soul and Spirit. We are is 2/3 spiritual so this should not only be our dominate nature but it is the true essence of who we are. We follow traps set by the media and society that celebrates our humanity and often demonizes our divinity.
What we call "intuition", I often call the voice of GOD within us. Our intuition or sixth sense gives us subtle nudges of direction daily but if we aren't aware or tuned into we will ignore the GOD not only of us, but IN us. We need to make sure that we our aligned within our trichotomy and practice living within the balance of all three. Each serves a purpose and one isn't to be confused with the other. It's time to roll up our sleeves and do the spiritual work on our inner core. When you believe who you are is what you do then you are denying the very part of you that make you truly...YOU!
You don't have a soul you, ARE a soul. You don't have a spirit, you ARE a spirit. For believers, the body itself is just like Earth to us, a temporary home just like the beautiful song by Carrie Underwood declares. I am all about presentation so beautifying our bodies and taking care of them is important but that should never take precedence over your inner beauty. Real beauty begins within and then radiates out. When my world crashed I actually mourned who I was, because in my mind my worth was tied to what I did. It took me being stripped down to NOTHING and I do mean NOTHING to realize I am not my hair, I am not my skin, I am not your expectation....I am the soul that lives within!
His Joy,
Christian Joy
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AWESOME!! It is relatable to me on so many levels! awesome work!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pep! In going through so much lately, it was like an epiphany that "the obvious" is not WHO I AM but rather what the obvious was covering up.
DeleteThis is a definite death to the wrong way of thinking for Women and Men alike.. I got it! God Bless you and Thanks for being obedient
ReplyDeleteIt's so easy to get caught up in the cycle of defining who you are by what you do or worse by the false standard set outside of yourself. Thanks for reading & commenting!
DeleteYou ate quickly becoming my new bff, love it!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL! That's funny, well hey bff :) I'm glad you stopped by and more happy to know you love it!
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