Destination-Identity

Many people in Jesus’ hometown had difficulty seeing him as someone other than the carpenter…Mary’s boy. Do you live in the town you grew up in? Do people have trouble seeing you as an adult? If you aren’t living in your hometown, what happens when you go home? Do old friends and acquaintances hold onto the “old” you? How does that make you feel? 

How about your family? Are your parents, your brothers and sisters able to see you as an adult, or do they still treat you as though you are a kid growing up? How do you handle that? When you are around them, do you find yourself slipping back into the role of a kid, or are you able to be an adult around your family?

Are you a different person than you were five, ten years ago? Are there habits, or possibly even addictions that you’ve let go of? Are there people in your life who have trouble seeing the new you, who want to remind you of who you were? How do you handle that? Do you turn to God for help?

Do you have difficulty seeing some of your friends and acquaintances in a new light? Do you have trouble letting go of the person they once were, reminding them of the past? Can you let that go and see their new identity? Do you need God’s help with this?

Are you still seeing yourself as the person YOU used to be? Can you let go of the old person and see the new person that you are thanks to Jesus? What will it take for you to let go of the past? Maybe some prayer will help. Why not try?