"Identity foreclosure is a psychological term for the phenomenon in which
a person makes premature conclusions about his or her personal identity
without a time of exploration and discovery. Identity foreclosure
happens when a person adopts the identity of others around them or is
forced to accept the identity expectations assumed or given to them."
and
"I began getting to know myself—like one might get to know a new friend. I started asking myself questions. What do you like to do? What are you good at? What are your dreams? What makes you tick? What are some things you have always secretly wanted to try? If there was nothing holding you back, who would you choose to be?"
and
"I began getting to know myself—like one might get to know a new friend. I started asking myself questions. What do you like to do? What are you good at? What are your dreams? What makes you tick? What are some things you have always secretly wanted to try? If there was nothing holding you back, who would you choose to be?"
That
post is also about a doctrine circulating in Christian circles that
posits that women have a dependent position to men within the church
called Complimentarianism - women "complement" the primary role men have
as ministers within the church. No matter what view you have about
religion or the role of women within Christianity, if God exists and has
revealed Himself to humanity, then it is very important to know Him and His view about who we are
as clearly as we can. If you are a Christian, understanding Him is
your daily meat and potatoes (metaphorically speaking) because the whole
of your spiritual strength comes from standing under Him, and Him alone - not your own reasoning or anyone else's.
Don't ever be afraid of learning more about His way of identifying you for He made you from the very beginning. It isn't as if He is some outsider trying to barge in and change the good thing you have going on. Whether you are a man or a woman, rich or poor, modern or traditional, young or graying middle age, none of these things matter in Christ. His call is not to your gender, sexuality, age, influence, or fame. Jesus' call is to the person you are inside of that frail human frame, and He wants to light you up inside brighter and livelier and more creative and joyful than anything you've ever seen anywhere.
Don't ever be afraid of learning more about His way of identifying you for He made you from the very beginning. It isn't as if He is some outsider trying to barge in and change the good thing you have going on. Whether you are a man or a woman, rich or poor, modern or traditional, young or graying middle age, none of these things matter in Christ. His call is not to your gender, sexuality, age, influence, or fame. Jesus' call is to the person you are inside of that frail human frame, and He wants to light you up inside brighter and livelier and more creative and joyful than anything you've ever seen anywhere.
