identity, intimacy and foundations... 2

relationship problems are identity problems...

this is a tough concept to grasp yes, but even more tough to accept, maybe. luke 6:48 jesus describes and connects the image of a house built with a solid foundation to that of a life built on a solid foundation... him! this image brings into focus and further highlights the importance of our identity and what we were intended to be... if adam and eve were naked and had no shame, knowing that shame is linked to understanding our identity, resulting in them ultimately understanding their identity as their foundation.

for us now... intimacy comes with understanding who we are... understanding who jesus is... and understanding what we were meant to be.

there is more to us... to you... to me...

...not because of who we are, or what we can do... but because of who jesus is and what he did and what he wants to continue to do in and through you and i.

if and only when we grasp this truth will we begin the journey toward intimacy... toward understanding who we were meant to be... otherwise our insecurities will always win out because we on our own will always fall short... on our own we just don't have what it takes!

self discipline can only take us so far...

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