Do You Know Who You Are?
By Meg Bucher "Love must be sincere. Hate was is evil; cling to what is good." - Romans 12:9 NIV The magic of a child's imagination is breathtaking, beautiful, and sincere. Currently, my youngest daughter has been skipping happily throughout the house, singing one of the songs from Disney's Moana: "I have crossed the horizon to find you… I know your name… They have stolen the heart from inside you… But this does not define you… This is not who you are… You know who you are…" As a budding tween, my daughter is experiencing the push and prod of trying to figure out "who she is." When I pray over her each night, I often ask her… "Do you know who you are?" Then, I assure her of who and Whose she is. I remind her she has a purpose. But still, nothing takes the sting out of growing up. As a mother, I hate when my kids hurt. When they are left out, bullied, made fun of, and mocked, my anger is very real. Not all anger is bad. Righteous anger, like hating what is evil, is a healthy emotion. It just needs to be directed appropriately. "Hate" in Romans 12:9 means to "have a horror of." Around Halloween, the local amusement park celebrates with people running around in spooky costumes. Though my daughter knows they aren't real, her gut instinct is HORROR. She shrieks and screams and no matter how much courage she builds up on the way to the park, it evaporates the first time someone with scary face paint sneaks up on her. 
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