# [Who Are You Identity](https://bluebookstudy.captivate.fm/episode/who-are-you-identity)![[Who Are You-Words.jpg]] It takes heroic humility to be yourself and to be nobody but the man and the artist that God intended for you to be. ~Thomas Merton > Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God. ### Opening Prayer: *Dear Jesus, Who am I really? What do you see in me that you would move heaven and earth to capture my heart? My life feels like a collection of other people’s expectations and disappointments. I do not even know anymore who I truly am. Reveal to me my true identity, my true place in Your story. Give me grace to hear your voice; shut out all other voices, and let me hear from you alone. I ask this in your name. Amen. (The Sacred Romance Workbook by John Eldredge)* #### Psalm for the Week: Psalm 62 #### My Soul Waits for God Alone #### To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. *62 For God alone my soul waits in silence;from him comes my salvation.2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.* *3 How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood.* *They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah* *5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,for my hope is from him.6 He only is my rock and my salvation,my fortress; I shall not be shaken.7 On God rests my salvation and my glory;my mighty rock, my refuge is God.* *8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him;God is a refuge for us. Selah* *9 Those of low estate are but a breath;those of high estate are a delusion;in the balances they go up;they are together lighter than a breath.10 Put no trust in extortion;set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.* *11 Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,12 and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.* #### Scripture for the Day: Song of Songs 2:8-17 #### The Bride Adores Her Beloved *8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains,bounding over the hills.9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall,* *gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.10 My beloved speaks and says to me:“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,and come away,11 for behold, the winter is past;the rain is over and gone.12 The flowers appear on the earth,the time of singing[a] has come,and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.13 The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom;they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff,let me see your face,let me hear your voice,for your voice is sweet,and your face is lovely.15 Catch the foxes[b] for us,the little foxes* *that spoil the vineyards,for our vineyards are in blossom.”16 My beloved is mine, and I am his;he grazes[c] among the lilies.17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.[d]* #### Reading for Reflection: *It takes heroic humility to be yourself and to be nobody but the man and the artist that God intended for you to be. ~Thomas Merton* *Identity does not grow out of action until it has taken root in belonging. (Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin)* #### Reflection and Listening: silent and written #### Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself #### Song for the Week: Arise (by Ryan Long) *Beloved can you hear me* *I call across eternity* *I am your God* *Are you listening?* *Arise my Love and Come with me* *Arise my Love and Come with me* *Your heart is sore. Your feet are weary.* *Your hope is gone. Your head is hung.* *Leave behind the nothing* *That you've become.* *Arise my love and come with me.* *Arise my love and come with me.* *Arise and come and become what you believe.* *Lay down your burdens my love and come with me.* *Arise my love and come with me.* *Arise my Love and Come with me* ### Closing Prayer: *O God, our Heavenly Father, who created us beautifully and wonderfully, may we always look to You for our value and worth, remembering that we are a unique expression of your infinite love, care, and creativity. Help us, O Lord, to see ourselves as you see us—objects of your extravagant love and tender affection. Through Christ. Amen. (JLB)*