this is it, this is it

So, here is my first post. Ever.

I am a wonderful person. Today I volunteered to hang out alone at my uncle's empty house while I waited for an unwanted appliance to be picked up. Can anyone say, "favourite niece"? I brought a laptop, my newest issue of Relevant magazine, and my iPod. I had planned on thieving a wireless signal from the unsuspecting neighbours. It turns out, they weren't the tech savvy people I was hoping for. Not a wireless account to be found. I thumbed quickly through my magazine, nothing catching my attention. I knew then that it would be a very very long afternoon.

Though I was frustrated with my failed attempts, it actually worked in my favour. God showed up.

It has been... well, probably, if I'm being honest, a good 3 months since I have decided to actually listen to the still small voice, the voice of my Father. I wasn't expecting to be met with such freedom, such grace, such amazing Love.

I was reminded of my identity in Christ, reminded that I am a new creation, freed from sin, with a promise of victory. I am not a disappointment. I am more than sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.

I am His Beloved.

This wasn't a day of fresh revelation from above. I was not surprised at what God was telling me, the truth that He was speaking of my life. But I need to be reminded. I have made so many choices that fuel my self-condemnation; I have heard enough lies that it gets hard to deny them.

Today I was reminded of who I really am. A daughter of the King.