10/14/10 Fumbling to put on my tattered I.D. badge, I realized that this ”documentation” had identified me as an SCS educator for 20 years---when the system instituted this form of tracking. To date, I’ve never had my barcode scanned but I diligently keep up with it because to lose this identity is “costly.”
My passport has identified me as a traveler since 1967---loved “collecting” those various country entry and exit stamps. My red password’s folder identifies me as a “user” for lots of different on-line services. Sometimes further ID such as my mother’s maiden name, my childhood pet, my high school team mascot, my maid of honor’s first name, etc. is required. My blog entries identify me a dancer, a reader and a tea drinker.
Yet, these are not the sum total of who I am. Whose I am is of final import. This significance is my true identity. He has not only given believers the right to become children of God (John 1: 12 but He also knows our name. (without an ID badge)
He calls his own sheep by name…. (John 10: 3)I plan to
savor my identi--TEA with a “cuppa”----Lyons Gold Blend---as I begin my day with Him because that’s the identity that counts for eternity.
