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
Awesome post. Absolutely awesome.
ah… truer words were never spoken.
Beautiful post. And so true.
The perfect words to start my day to!
A lovely post :)
This is an absolutely stunning post. Very thought-provoking and engaging.
Great post. Very, very true.
This is wonderful.
Great photos and thoughts.
This is quite possibly the best blog post I’ve ever read! Thanks so much for sharing it…
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.
What a great way to think of this. Boy we do like to “define” things don’t we.
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Joy
Beautiful. I love this. You are so right on.
Defined by God’s grace. As many others have already noted, that is a beautiful (and humbling) thought.
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
Oh that is gorgeous. Beautiful post. :)
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).
Beautiful post.
What true words! I loved this.
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Fantastic post.
So beautiful thougths !! last line was just perfect !
Ronnica,
Beautiful photos and beautiful words.
Great great post.
I love this post! It deserves to be on a poster, sold at Hallmark or something.
wow! very well written, beautiful words and so very true!!!
betty
Fabulous! Such profound truths one will never know until they actually endure and LOOK for them! :o)
@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!
This is profoundly awesome. Thank you for sharing it!
Inspirational post–thanks for sharing.
nice!
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.
amazing–LOVE it.
Interesting because it so applied to me. I also came to realize that labels don’t define me.
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