Laughter is the Spice of Life

This post is from a devotional book entitled "Laughter is the Spice of Life".

The Title of the Chapter for today's posting is "WHO AM I".

written by Nicole Johnson

After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse, took off her makeup and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel on her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with a stern warning. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say in a low trembling voice, "Who was That?"

Somedays I wonder the same thing about myself! Between dress-up evenings, afternoon runs to the grocery store in my sweats, and stay-in-my-pajamas-and-work-mornings, I stay in wardrobe confusion.

From exchanging business cards to rearranging furniture to the tasks we perform each day are no help in determining who we are. We can do anything, but that doesn't mean we want it to define us. Bringing home the bacon, frying it up in the pan, changing a flat on the way home, and starting to feel like I'm a man! But I am WOOOMANNN! No wonder we are confused about who we are...

Who Am I? Have you ever lain awake at night asking this question? I take that back. Most women work too hard to miss sleep by laying awake at night, much less asking questions! So the questions probably come at other times. Who am I? Do you ever feel that you are faking your life? That you are living someone else's life, and your not sure whose? You wonder how you got to this place of disguise.

You want to give yourself to God., but what self are you going to give?

Your work life? What you do does not determine who you are.

Your beauty? What you wear or what your hairstyle or how much makeup you have on isn't necessarily the "real you".

Your relationships? All your roles as wife, mother, and friend are not the sum total of your identity. So what do we give and who are we?

The answer is (D) ALL of the above.

We (women) are like onions. We can't merely peel away all the layers, because they are us, as long as they are true to the core. The onion begins at the core, and each and every layer builds upon the "onion-ness" inside of us. An authentic life and self is one in which the layers on the outsied are merely expressions of the core on the inside.

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Enjoy!!!!