gracepalaruan - [It's NOT] About Me

I live a life that is not about me and my life story - past, present and future- is about God and His glory. The Author of it all is the main character. My identity and my calling are defined by who my God is. So before I share a little bit about myself and answer the question "Who Am I?", I will first write about "Whose Am I?"

God bought me with Jesus' blood. He has called me to be His child. I didn't love Him, I rejected Him and I was living a life without Him. I grew up in a Christian home and lived with parents and siblings who were very passionate about God. There was never a time that I didn't know about God... but I didn't KNOW Him at all. I had no relationship with The Lord. It was during my junior year in college, when my world was falling apart, that God found me. The One who showed me love was the very person I rejected. He saw nothing in me that was pleasing, in fact, He saw an object of wrath. But my God took my wretched soul and loved me unconditionally. What an amazing Father! I am so grateful because I am undeserving.

On Christmas Day, I will turn 24 years old. Like making a wish list, it would be easy to make a long list of the things I regret doing. Even now as I thrive to please God with my life, I still find myself falling and failing a lot.

But that's why I call Him Saviour.

And that's why my life is written in grace - God's grace.

God has sealed me with His mercy and love.

But the Great Shepherd is not done with me yet. Everyday, with His rod and His staff, God is breaking, shaping and making me to be more like Christ. 2 Corinthians 3:18 echoes the main theme of my life:

"And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory,

are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory,

which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

As I start a great journey with the Novas Project, I seek to become more and more like Christ and to reflect God's image in and through me to a hurting and broken world. I shall be a little Christ and deny myself, take up my cross, and follow Him. I encourage you to take this journey with me.