{"id":26382,"date":"2015-06-19T00:15:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T04:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26382"},"modified":"2015-06-18T21:27:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T01:27:47","slug":"26382","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/19\/26382\/","title":{"rendered":"Who I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Another voice, another choice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To listen to words somebody said<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Another day, I replay<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> One too many doubts inside my head<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Am I strong\u2026beautiful<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Am I good enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Do I belong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">After all that I\u2019ve said and done<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Is it real when I feel<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I don\u2019t measure up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Am I loved<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I\u2019m running to the One who knows me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Who made every part of me in His hands<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>I\u2019m holding to the One who holds me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>\u2018Cause I know whose I am, I know who I am<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>I am sure I am Yours<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Turning down, tuning out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every single word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That caused me pain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Unashamed, and unafraid<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause I believe You mean it when You say<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am strong\u2026beautiful<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am good enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I belong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> After all<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause of what You\u2019ve done<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> This is real what I feel<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> No one made it up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am loved<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am sure I am Yours<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I know who I am<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am sure I am Yours<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Fearfully, wonderfully, perfectly<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You have made me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019m running to the One who knows me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I\u2019m holding to the One who holds me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6oZuNkT7_UM?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Blanca<\/em><br \/>\nWritten by Blanca Callahan \/ Seth Mosley \/ Mia Fieldes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am sure I am Yours<br \/>\nAnd I know who I am <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s quiet in my house sometimes&#8230; \u00a0Rare? \u00a0Yes, but it does happen. \u00a0In the early morning hours and late at night when everyone else who I share my home with is asleep. You would think that I would soak this quiet in&#8230;that I enjoy every second of it \u00a0(and there are times I do!) \u00a0but there are other times when the quiet is an opportunity for me to process my day, my week, and even my life. \u00a0I would love to say that this reflection is positive but more often than not it is filled with questions and doubts.<\/p>\n<p>I think most women have played the words of this song through their minds and hearts\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Am I strong\u2026?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Am I beautiful\u2026?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Am I good enough\u2026?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Do I belong\u2026?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">After all That I&#8217;ve said and done\u2026?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Is it real\u2026?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">When I feel I don&#8217;t measure up\u2026?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Am I loved\u2026?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We talk to ourselves more than we talk to anyone else, and more than anyone else talks to us. \u00a0What are we saying? \u00a0Are we allowing doubts to cloud the image of ourselves? \u00a0Are we allowing the enemy to reinforce our insecurities?<\/p>\n<p>In the rare quiet times I talked about before, I try to read. \u00a0I love reading and rarely have an opportunity to do so without being pulled in different directions. \u00a0One main theme in the books and articles I read is the importance of knowing <strong><em>who we are in Christ<\/em><\/strong>. Knowing how He sees us, and knowing who He created us to be. \u00a0Being reminded that we are fearfully and wonderfully made is like the light breaking through the clouds. \u00a0Knowing that the One who created us, Who formed each of us in the womb is still here, shaping us, and loving us, is like having a safe place to run to when the doubts try to creep in. \u00a0My goal for this week is to constantly combat those doubts with the words of this song. \u00a0I am going to intentionally <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>run to the the One who holds me.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let\u2019s Pray<\/span><\/strong>: Heavenly Father, the enemy has a way of getting to us through our thoughts and images of ourselves. \u00a0We question and wonder\u2026we worry and doubt\u2026. \u00a0But You, Lord, are there with Your arms wide open, fully embracing us in those times and every other time. \u00a0Thank You for how You see us. I pray for each and every woman remember to run to Your arms when they feel less than who You created them to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another voice, another choice To listen to words somebody said Another day, I replay One too many doubts inside my head Am I strong\u2026beautiful Am I good enough Do I belong After all that I\u2019ve said and done Is it real when I feel I don\u2019t measure up Am I loved I\u2019m running to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[9059,1287,425,3247,8817,4932,9058,1075,2830,8818],"class_list":["post-26382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-blanca","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gods-masterpiece","tag-i-need-to-remember-whose-i-am","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-run-to-his-arms","tag-tonya-ellison","tag-who-i-am","tag-who-i-am-is-because-of-whose-i-am","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-26382","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26382"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26384,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26382\/revisions\/26384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}