As I stepped into the lesson yesterday morning in the Every Man a Pure Warrior, I found myself completely overwhelmed with the content. This lesson bought me face to face with the ugliest part of all my past. It was about “my identity”. Those aren’t the words within the lesson, but they are my words describing it. The lesson’s focus was addressing wounds and triggers we face today. My longest living wound was what the abuse of my childhood left me believing about myself. I had to hide the fact that men were attracted to me, I must have female characteristics which men sexually desire, etc. This was all hugely reinforced in my high school years when dad would call me Hazel. Hazel was a TV program in the 60’s and she was a housemaid. This would make others laugh, but for me, it labeled me and made me think it was my identity to others. I could never let this be seen.

The temptations I was facing yesterday morning were driven I know by the devil knowing I would be doing this lesson. So, this morning I was up quite early and journaled for over an hour going back to the root of all this identity struggle. I was able to write it out and replace it with what I now know is the truth of my identity. The more I wrote, the more freedom I found. These lies are buried at the Cross. Satan was wanting me to question God’s healing in this arena which yesterday I was doing. This morning the questions were all answered with God’s truth in scripture. I am fearfully and wonderfully made and I can know this full well. Psalms 139:14. God brought this clarity into focus this morning and I tearfully PRAISE HIM for this!

There is a huge lesson here for each of us who struggle with who we are, our value to God and man. Don’t let Satan have another day haunting you with his lies. God has a healing waiting for you in this arena!