{"id":489,"date":"2018-03-21T10:10:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/?p=489"},"modified":"2018-04-19T13:38:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T19:38:07","slug":"i-am-who-i-am-i-offer-no-apologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/blog\/2018\/03\/21\/i-am-who-i-am-i-offer-no-apologies\/","title":{"rendered":"I am who I am \u2013 I offer no apologies."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Understanding the uniqueness of your personality.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a judgement driven world where people draw conclusions about others so quickly based on preconceived notions and biases, where the suicide rate is on the increase and self-hate is becoming a common term, it is so important to come to an understanding of who one is and to embrace oneself especially where no one else offers an embrace.<\/p>\n<p>I need to know that I am unique and I am specially created by God for a specific purpose. If I fail to appreciate this truth, I am bound to compare myself with others, veer off-track and possibly end up not fulfilling the purpose for my design.<\/p>\n<p>In Psalm 139: 14 David captures it beautifully;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<strong>13<\/strong>For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother&#8217;s womb.\u00a0<strong>14<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/3034.htm\">I will give<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/3034.htm\">thanks<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/3372a.htm\">to You, for I am fearfully<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/6395.htm\">and wonderfully<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/6381.htm\">made; Wonderful<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/4639.htm\">are Your works,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/5315.htm\">And my soul<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/3045.htm\">knows<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/3966.htm\">it very<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/hebrew\/3966.htm\">well.<\/a>\u00a0<strong>15<\/strong>My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;\u2026(NASV).<\/p>\n<p>David was known as a man after God\u2019s own heart, God testified this about him. (Acts 13:22) Could David\u2019s attitude and practice of praise and worship be attributed to the fact that he knew and appreciated the truth about his uniqueness?<\/p>\n<p>There is power in coming to terms with oneself, accepting who you are from the perspective of God and loving yourself as made by God in His own image.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Olaolu Oyeyemi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the uniqueness of your personality. In a judgement driven world where people draw conclusions about others so quickly based on preconceived notions and biases, where the suicide rate is on the increase and self-hate is becoming a common term, it is so important to come to an understanding of who one is and to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/blog\/2018\/03\/21\/i-am-who-i-am-i-offer-no-apologies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I am who I am \u2013 I offer no apologies.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-am-who-i-am","tag-i-am"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godcolours.ca\/programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}