I recently made a trip to the International Peace Garden that is located on the border of North Dakota and Manitoba within the Turtle Mountain region- the geographic center of North America. It was so serene there- peaceful and lots of space to ponder, pray, and reflect on my life thus far. I’ve crossed this border a multitude of times- the joys of an 11 plus hour road trip to see family. Because of my story and the many border crossings throughout my life, I often ponder our longings of the soul or deeper meanings of home”, “family”,” citizenship”, “identity”. Our ethnicity, culture, our family of origin, people we’ve encountered, places we’ve lived, and all the positive or negative experiences in our life don’t define us, but they can refine us if we let it. What I am learning thus far about Identity, is God longs for us to see our identity as being that we are all created in the image of God as referenced in Genisis 1;26-27.
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