Emily Bowers

This is definitely a unique season for everyone, but a silver lining I have found is that I have so much more time to dig into the Bible. I feel like I have learned a lot over the last month or so about God and myself. One thing I have recently been thinking about is the connection between identity and humility. 
Identity and humility are often talked about together, but usually in a different way than what I am about to talk about. I was listening to the song Canvas and Clay when I started to think about this connection. The lyrics say, ‘When I doubt it, Lord, remind me I’m wonderfully made, You’re an artist and a potter, I’m the canvas and the clay, You make all things work together, For my future and for my good, You make all things work together, For Your glory and for Your name.’ To accept who the Lord has made you is actually a great act of humility. When you can drop your insecurities at the door, you allow yourself to be present and stop worrying about yourself. Walking into a room with confidence in who the Lord has created you to be allows you to actually shift your focus from yourself to God, which is humility! 
God is the artist who created me just the way I am; I have heard this a million times. So many times, that I am often numb to the fact that God is SO good that he chose to make me with such individual care and attention. I feel like it is easy to focus on the fact that YES, I am fearfully and wonderfully made, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, God is so good and gracious and loving that he chose to make me that way. I think it is important to lower ourselves and appreciate the God who cared to make us the way he did. Sometimes I think we lose some of the awe that should be directed towards God when we talk about Psalm 139:14. The verse begins with ‘I praise you…’ though that part never seems to be the focus. I have been trying to shift my perspective from me to God and learning a lot about perspective recently.