Me

I like who I am.  I didn't always.  I grew up hiding behind others- literally & figuratively.  Slowly but surely I have planted my feet firmly upon my solid ground.  I am me.  Simply me.  And I like it.  I like me.

I am not the "me" that the media tells me I need to be (thank you no TV!).  I'm not the "me" that friends tell me I should be (thanks to distance, time, & perspective).  I'm not the "me" that I've twisted around in my head to fit someone that is clearly not "me".  

What I AM is the "me" that God designed.  Exactly who He made me to be.  It's all coming clear now.  It's all starting to make sense.  Like a puzzle when you get all the outer pieces together- the frame.  Yup, that's it.  My frame is finally solid.  And it's beautiful.  It took 36 years, but that's OK.  In the grand scheme of things that's no time at all, really.  

"me"

a quote I read on FB right after typing up some notes for writing this post :-)

"For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful, 

I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in that secret place, 

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be."

Psalm 139: 13-16