Who Am I?

I've spent a lot of time thinking over this past week. In many ways, it has been a rough week for me. But I have made it through. God gave me the strength to overcome the trials in my way - and I am a better person because of it. Even now, some of the things that made my week rough seem so tiny - but at the time, they were absolutely huge. Regardless of how big they were though, God didn't give me more than I could handle. And he constantly reminded me that He was right there beside me. Encouraging talks with family and friends, reminders from His word, and unexpected emails from good friends at home were just some of the ways that He made his presence known to me this week. The way in which He works never ceases to amaze me - He knows exactly what I need at any particular moment.

I was listening to this song the other day - "Who Am I" by Casting Crowns. Its words are encouraging to me - and it serves to remind me that although I am small and my time is short, that God still loves me, knows me intimately, cares about what I am going through. No matter what, I am His - and that is all that really matters.

"Who Am I"
Casting Crowns

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours