My Manhood

I've spent a lot of time and energy on this blog figuring out who I'm not, but I've not entirely put together who I am, and I think it's high time I focused on that. As I view it, I've filled in a lot of the negative space in this piece of art that I call myself, and now it's time, with God's help, to figure out my identity, to fill in the positive space. I find myself thinking about all of the challenges that have led here. There are so many forces telling me who they think I should be. Cultural forces, both secular and Christian, have conspired to try to convince me to take up the identities they would have for me. I must deny them and disown that false self. It is only my Creator who gets to say who I am, and it's been a long labor of His helping me learn who I'm not. If I'm to do as I've said I wanted to do this year and accept the me God has made me to be , I need to understand who that person is. Also, I should state that everything I ...