identity

So this seems to be the question of the day for me. I think that a fair amount of my struggles and fretting and worrying would be different if I knew deep down the answer to this question, "How does God see me?" I know the standard answers....he sees me as a child of the King, as His princess....I was born and raised in the church but Ihave this need to hear it from Him. To hear Him speak to me what it is He sees about me, what it is that He loves about me and what it is that He likes about me, what makes Him proud to call me His own.

Due to a number of circumstances, I feel somewhat like an orphan. And I know the typical christian response to that is that we are all orphans until we come home and enter into our heavenly Father's home. I know the analogy. But what I speak of runs deeper than that analogy. I have been deserted and abandoned by some of my earthly family and therefore, feel like I battle this world as an orphan. Trust me, it sucks.

And so my pursuit begins. I want more. I want to hear it from the mouth of God Himself. I want to know in the deepest recesses of my being, who I am and how He sees me. It's my heart's pursuit right now...