Identity

Who am I?  Not my name, but when people think of Rachel, who is she? 

The easiest answer to this question comes in the form of titles.  It appears most often in the form of an automatic signature at the end of each of my e-mails, telling my name and all of the important positions I hold in different organizations. 

But that is not the correct answer to the question.  Titles generally only last for the school year anyway, at least at this point in my life.

So then the question must be more specific.  Who is Rachel now that will stay the same forever?  Who is "Rachel" at her core?

Oh boy; that's a tough one.  Even after two weeks of pondering, I could not come up with a real answer. Finally, I did what should have been obvious; I asked Jesus.

"Who am I God?  Who did you make me to be?" 

These are the verses he showed me.

Acts 11:24 "He [Barnabas] was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord."

Acts 13:22b "'I [God] have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'"

Obviously, I am neither Barnabas nor David.  But the name isn't the important thing here.  I want to be considered a good woman, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and lead a great number of people to the Lord.  I want Jesus to look at me and say "Rachel is a woman after my own heart; she will do everything I want her to do."

So, back to the question, "Who am I?" 

I am a traveler on the road to who I will be; a woman after God's own heart.