IDENTITY AS DEEPLY LOVED BY GOD

God’s love for you has nothing to do with your behavior. Neither our faithfulness nor your unfaithfulness alters Divine love in the slightest degree.

Whether we realize it or not, our being is grounded in God’s love, the generative love of God is our origin.

Love is our identity and calling, for we are children of Love. Created from love, of love and for love, our existence makes no sense apart from Divine love.

Our identity is who we experience ourselves to be - the I each of us carries within. An identity grounded in God would mean that when we thank of who we are, the first thing that would come to mind is our status as someone who is deeply loved by God.

David Benner
The Gift of Being Yourself

IDENTITY IS DISCOVERY

Identity is never simply a creation. It is always a discovery. True identity is always a gift from God.

David Benner
The Gift of Being Yourself

TRAGIC RESULT OF FALSE SELF

The false self is the tragic result of trying to steal something from God that we didn’t have to steal. Had we dared to trust God’s goodness, we would have discovered that everything we could ever most deeply long for would be ours in God.

David Benner, The Gift of Being Yourself