That used to be a common greeting for me. It was informative, and the looks on people's faces were funny. I liked it. "Hi, my name's Dorothy and I don't pass out" doesn't have quite the same effect. Yet here I sit, conscious for 10 weeks and 1 day. Quite frankly- I don't know how you people do this! Being conscious is exhausting!
I may pass out again sometime. I'm not saying it will never happen again, but for right now at least- I don't pass out. There goes half my greeting.
Honestly though, it never should have been my identity. Sure a lot of people know me because of it, but they also know me by my hair. That doesn't mean I have to introduce myself as a ginger. There are a lot of things that are part of me- I'm a young woman, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a niece, an aunt, a Troy student, an aspiring interpreter, the list goes on.
Truth is I should only be defined by one thing. I am God's. I am in Christ because He mercifully and graciously saved me. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3: 28). All that matters is that I am in Christ.
That is the only safe thing to define myself by. Things will change. Someday I'll be an old woman, I may lose relationships, I won't be in college my entire life. I will always be saved by Christ. He bought me, He saved me and He is changing me and growing me. He will always be my strength.
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works."
(Psalm 73:26-28)
"Hi, my name's Dorothy and I belong to Jesus."
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