Shannon Mischuk is…..
Who?
I have been staring at a blank screen for a few weeks now, trying to write my simple bio for this guest post. It got me thinking though… who am I? I can hear the theme music to CSI: Las Vegas playing in the background of my mind…
My usual tagline starts with, “I’m the Pastor’s Wife and Mother of 4…” but is that who I am? Is that where my value comes from?
Don’t worry; I’m not going through a mid-life crisis.
I’ve been a Pastor’s Wife for 14½ years and a mother for 12 and I love it – it brings me great joy but is that what defines me?
I have spoken to too many women over the years that after motherhood especially; find it difficult because they feel that they have lost a piece of themselves. They go through an identity crisis of sorts as their children age, where they don’t know who they are any longer, they’ve become, “just a Mom”.
Does my value come from external circumstances / situations or does it come from knowing Jesus?
When your value is wrapped up in what you do; whether that is teaching Sunday school, being a CEO, pastoring a church, singing in the choir, or being a wife or mother… if any of these cease to exist, or change in anyway, our value of who you are, crumbles with it.
You have to ask yourself, “Who does God say I am?”
The Bible says in 1 John 3:1a, “What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we're called children of God! That's who we really are…”
It’s not cliché to say, “I’m the daughter of the King” because that is what I am – through Christ Jesus!
· I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21)
· I am loved (1 John 3:3)
· I am accepted (Ephesians 1:6)
· I am established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21)
· I am God’s co-worker (2 Corinthians 6:1)
· I am more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37)
· I am free from condemnation (Romans 8:1)
· I am complete in Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:10)
· I have been created to prosper! (Psalms 1:3)
And I could go on…
My value comes from knowing who I am in Jesus Christ, which comes from knowing God intimately. When you understand who you are in Christ Jesus -- your circumstances in life may change but you will have a solid foundation for which stand upon.
Your identity doesn’t depend on something you do or have done. Your true identity is who you are in Christ. Through Jesus you are a new creation, the old has passed away and all things become new.
It’s time to stop limiting yourself by what you and/or what others may think of you, what you do or have done and take a hold of the truth of what God says about you.
So let me ask you…. “Who Are You?!”
Shannon Mischuk
Shannon Mischuk lives in Kitchener, Ontario Canada with her hot hubby and four fabulous children. If you hang around her, you’ll hear her say things like, “My children will rise up and call their Mother blessed” and “In this family, we build each other up”. She enjoys her life to the fullest and the journey that God has them on as a family.
Connect with Shannon!
Twitter: http://twitter.com/shasherslife
New Song Church and World Outreach
site: www.newsong.ca
site: www.newsong.ca
