Resurrection, Now!

Who Am I?

Who Am I, Really?

most of us go through life

trying to answer that basic question

we spend a lot of time trying on selves for size

"Ah, this might be me!"

"What about this one!"

we wear our costumes

seriously

we dress ourselves up

outwardly 

over and over again

and sometimes 

perhaps

we allow others to choose for us

defining our roles

so there we are

all dressed up

minister, banker

mother, farmer, logger,dentist

administrator

but there we are

all dressed up

defined by our costume

but we no longer know

how to go back inside

to our heart, our soul, our core

we are no longer truly in touch 

with who we really are.

and as a result, we have forgotten

who we really are

and so we are left desperately scrambling

working

for significance

looking for meaning

for this self, this little self

that is not our self at all.

Try these clothes on for size

"Our soul is who we are in God, and who God is in us" (Rohr)

"The secret is this, Christ in us..." (Paul)

Our true self

is who we are when, as those 

created in the image and likeness of God

pay attention to this divine DNA

tap into it

live it

but we can only live it 

when dare to die

when we dare (and this is a scary thing)

to let go of, renounce as it were, all those externally determined selves

that have become our sense of self, our ego

and give the divine

the chance to shine through us

 

you might call this

resurrection

now