This week in our family discipleship we have been learning about our identity in Christ.  It is a topic that we as Christians have all studied before, but it is also one of the first things that we forget.  For most of us, if we had to make a list describing ourselves to others, things like: I am a son/daughter of the King, I am made perfect in Christ, I have security in Christ, I have a spirit of boldness, I am redeemed by Christ's blood, I am a new creation and I am made alive through Christ, normally do not make it to our top ten list.  The truth is that I am all of those things and many more.  We were encouraged to spend a lot of time alone this week searching through the Bible to find out who Christ says that we are.  As a twenty year old girl, I face many of the same issues as others.  I worry about my appearance, I desire to please people, I wonder what people think about my personality and many other things that are not of Christ.  It is often hard to accept all of the things that Christ says that I am to Him.  It does not matter whether or not I make a mistake because He says that I am constantly being perfected into what He desires me to be.  After taking a closer look at who I really am, I have a different attitude about my ministry here in Jeffrey's Bay.  No matter how many times I get pushed away or rejected I know that Christ has given me not a spirit of timidity, but of boldness.  He planned my life before I was even created, and He will guide me every step along the path that He has made for me.