in february, i was at a conference and our main speaker spoke about three different types of family backgrounds. there are those that come from the healthy families, those that come from the performance driven families, and those that come from the dysfunctional families. this is not the type of talk that i usually enjoy sitting through, as i identify mostly with the latter of the three. i know i'm not alone, as only about 10% of people come from healthy families. but, what bothers me most is having to be categorized or put into this box. at the beginning of the conference, i was rather upset, feeling like categorizing myself discredited all of the change that He has done in my life. i really restled with it. anyway, i stuck it out and have learned much from it.
during the talk, the speaker shared about his adopted kids and how they identify with him and his wife as "mom" and "dad" and not their biological parents. that brought me great joy realizing that i also have an adopted family that i am a part of, His family. i am a daughter of the King! i obviously love my biological family much, but i have a healthy family that i can identify with and learn from. He has changed me and molded me to be more like Him in the last ten years. knowing that i would need much more convincing of His love for me and my identity in Him in that moment, He gave me tangible evidence of the fact that i truly am from the lineage of the King. we sang a chinese worship song after the talk and a line in the song was "King of Kings, Lord of Lords." the amazing part of this is that "King" translated into chinese is "王" which is my last name!!!! He created this moment in history just for me! i have a heavenly father that loves and adores me!
i was reminded of this moment today and thought i would share with you all! you, too, are loved and called by name!
