Thursday – Letters

Reading – Romans 9

Highlight Verse:

“Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, “Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before.””
‭‭Romans‬ ‭9‬:‭25‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I took one of those ancestry DNA tests.

When it comes to ethnic heritage, I’m a mess.

True, my dad was pure Mexican, but that’s like saying he was American. My grandpa was a Spaniard and my grandma was indigenous.

And my mom? Take every northern European race with very fair skin and mix them all together and you get my mom, whose skin was so white it was translucent.

I mostly got my mom’s skin. I tell my friends I’m half Mexican and when they stop laughing they say, “no really, what nationality are you?”

In God’s book, it doesn’t matter one bit.

Sure, I’ll go one celebrating Cinco De Mayo and Saint Patrick’s Day, but my identity is in Christ.

It is He who will define my worth. (Hint, He values me and you so much that He died for us).

It is He who will define my role in life. I find value in fulfilling it.

How does your identity in Christ help define your role in life?
Does your earthly heritage affect your identity in Christ?