{"id":2919,"date":"2016-08-24T17:41:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2016-08-24T17:41:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:41:40","slug":"whose-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/24\/whose-am-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Whose am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u200b<span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:22.8571px;orphans:2;widows:2;\">Have you forgotten that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you, and that you are not the owner of your own body? You have been bought, and at what a price! Therefore bring glory to God both in your body and your spirit, for they both belong to him. &#8211; 1 &nbsp;Corinthians 6:19-20<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\"><i>&#8220;<b>Who<\/b> <\/i>am I?&#8221; is the usual question.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">And &#8220;<i style=\"font-weight:bold;\">who <\/i>am I?&#8221; leads us down the rabbit holes of me, myself and I, where every concern, aspiration, criticism and obsession is primarily to do with &#8220;me&#8221;.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">I&#8217;m fat, I&#8217;m thin, I&#8217;m sad, I&#8217;m happy, I&#8217;m miserable, I&#8217;m fulfilled, I&#8217;m hungry, I&#8217;m thirsty, &nbsp;I&#8217;m I&#8217;m I&#8217;m I&#8217;m, me me me me, my my my my etc<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">But as useful as it can be to ask about the <i>who, <\/i>what if it&#8217;s the wrong question?<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">What if we added two letters to that who?<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">Not only would we end up with a &nbsp;whole new word, but we could end up birthing a whole new worldview&#8230;similar to the way that somebody&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/BiIIMurray\/status\/490225508077277184\">transformed our relationship with &#8220;fat food&#8221;&nbsp;<\/a><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">by adding an &#8220;s&#8221; to call it <i>fa<b><u>s<\/u><\/b>t food.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">Switching from who to whose causes you to enter into a Universe that does not revolve around you.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">Your appearance, your history, your gifts, your &#8220;problems&#8221;, your desires, your struggles&#8230;all of them shift from being monuments for you to worship, to simply characters, props, &nbsp;and costumes in a play that started long before you got here.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">The answer to this question may seem obvious to you (or those around you), and nor worth addressing.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">But before you slam the door on it and send it back out into the cold, invite it in to sit with you for 10 minutes, a cup of coffee and some conversation.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\"><i>Whose <\/i>am I?<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">Ponder the question, and if you&#8217;re daring, invite it to come spend the day with you and be a part of today&#8217;s routine&#8230;and see how the question of &#8220;whose&#8221; changes your posture, attitude and actions in your life.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\">So if you&#8217;re up for the adventure, here&#8217;s the question again:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\"><b><i>Whose<\/i><\/b> are you?<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height:22.84375px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bHave you forgotten that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you, and that you are not the owner of your own body? You have been bought, and at what a price! 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