A Poor Self-Image
We tend to live into the identity we accept.
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
— Deuteronomy 7:6
— Deuteronomy 7:6
We aren't independent actors, free to build whatever brand we want.
Nor do we wear the labels others administer to humble (humiliate?) us and make us feel small in God's eyes.
God believes we are his treasured possession. This says something beautiful about us. And it says something truly remarkable about our God.