21 Declarations for Identity and Belonging

Every step closer tied my stomach in knots. On the kitchen counter laid the evidence that my biological father existed. 

Around seven-years-old at the time, my birth certificate brought a painful reminder that my real dad was missing from my young and vulnerable life. Soon, I had a new dad enter the picture, my wonderful step-father Wendell, who loved and cared for me. 

Still, my heart ached to know deep down:

Who am I? And more importantly, Whose am I?

Likewise, have you ever struggled with questions about identity and belonging?

Who and Whose: Identity and Belonging

Sometimes we separate who we are with whose we are. But the two were always meant to be one and the same.

My father came back into my life a few years later.

My twin sister and I lived with one dad (step) and visited the other. I wasn’t sure whether or not to call both “Dad.” Because they were different as night and day in personality, discipline, showing affection, communication, and opinions.

It was all confusing.

Identity and Belonging: Never Separated

When I came to know Christ as Lord and Savior at sixteen, I began a new life in Christ with a brand new father, my heavenly Father. 

And God, the Father, not only wants us to rest in who we are in Him, but to also find our security in whose we are, we belong to Him.

Because at our very core, who we are and whose we are can never be separated. 

So let’s look at 21 powerful declarations to connect who we are and whose we are. 

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