In approaching the question of "identity" our pastor gave a very good sermon today concerning a short yet very profound concept that summarized the entire Bible in one sentence.
"God does exist, and I am not Him."
It is funny how many times over my life that I truly felt I was in control of my life. I've learned to laugh about this over time. In reality it has always been God in control.
I enjoy telling the story of how I came to Habitat for Humanity and eventually fully recognized and accepted my call to the permanent diaconate. "I" chose to join the Navy right out of high school and the trade "I" chose the trade of heavy equipment operator. "I" chose the move to serve as an active duty adviser to a reserve battalion in New York because "I" wanted to be stationed close to Judy and my families. "I" discovered and chose to pursue a career change to become an human relations adviser and "I" chose our retirement time to stay here in Florida (actually Judy did, but you get the picture "I" believe).
What "I" have come to understand is that God led me to move in each of these of these life events to prepare me for who I am today and what I do. 11 years in the construction field experiencing the many facets of the different trades as I was placed in roles where I needed to be very diversified and willing to learn on the fly. 11 years as a human relations trainer and adviser where I was confronted with my true self and experienced the diversity of God's people and allowed me to re-appropriate my faith as a Catholic Christian. God, using everyday decisions to introduce me to His chosen people who would guide and form me to be the pastoral leader of a Habitat affiliate and ordination as a deacon.
God does exist, and I really know now, I am not Him.
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