Defined
Posted in The Historical Faith and tagged with Faith, Photos, School on June 15, 2009
I once thought following the rules defined me. Then I broke them and found out I was wrong.
I once thought being a teenager defined me. Then I turned 20 and found out I was wrong.
I once thought being a Kansan defined me. Then I moved and found out I was wrong.
I once thought being smart defined me. Then I failed a test and found out I was wrong.
I once thought going to OU defined me. Then I graduated and found out I was wrong.
I once thought being a student defined me. Then I left academia for good and found out I was wrong.
I once thought that the God I found and my love of Him defined me.
Then He showed me that He found me and that His love — not mine — defined me.
Photo credits (in order): Manish Bansal, me, libertyslens, Aaron Escobar, osbornb, Wohnai, Hamed Saber, and tomsaint11
June 15th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Awesome post. Absolutely awesome.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:39 am
ah… truer words were never spoken.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Beautiful post. And so true.
The perfect words to start my day to!
June 15th, 2009 at 10:13 am
A lovely post :)
June 15th, 2009 at 10:19 am
This is an absolutely stunning post. Very thought-provoking and engaging.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Great post. Very, very true.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:41 am
This is wonderful.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Great photos and thoughts.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
This is quite possibly the best blog post I’ve ever read! Thanks so much for sharing it…
June 15th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Thanks for the compliments, all. I was excited to share this with you all as it was something God placed on my heart while I was falling asleep a couple of nights ago.
June 15th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
What a great way to think of this. Boy we do like to “define” things don’t we.
♥
Joy
June 15th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Beautiful. I love this. You are so right on.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Defined by God’s grace. As many others have already noted, that is a beautiful (and humbling) thought.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Oh my goodness, my friend. I do believe that this is my most favorite post from you of all time.
Absolutely lovely. Well done!
-Francesca
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June 15th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Oh that is gorgeous. Beautiful post. :)
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June 15th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Fantastic post! I found myself nodding my head and saying “mm hmm” every so often. It’s amazing all the fleeting ways we find to define ourselves (or let others define us as).
June 15th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Beautiful post.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
What true words! I loved this.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:03 am
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June 16th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Fantastic post.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:49 am
So beautiful thougths !! last line was just perfect !
June 16th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Ronnica,
Beautiful photos and beautiful words.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Great great post.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I love this post! It deserves to be on a poster, sold at Hallmark or something.
June 16th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
wow! very well written, beautiful words and so very true!!!
betty
June 18th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Fabulous! Such profound truths one will never know until they actually endure and LOOK for them! :o)
June 18th, 2009 at 10:32 am
@Francesca: Thank you. I love this one, too!
@Mrs. Mouthy: I think I might cringe if I saw it like that. I’m not a big fan of the motivational card/poster type of thing!
June 20th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
This is profoundly awesome. Thank you for sharing it!
April 21st, 2010 at 7:37 am
Inspirational post–thanks for sharing.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:01 am
nice!
April 21st, 2010 at 4:40 pm
I can’t put into words what I think defines me. I’ve never really defined myself by anything external… Thanks for the thought-provoking post.
April 21st, 2010 at 10:11 pm
amazing–LOVE it.
April 21st, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Interesting because it so applied to me. I also came to realize that labels don’t define me.
May 10th, 2010 at 12:16 am
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