Why I NEED the Bible: Reason #9

My experience growing up involved multiple divorces.

Divorce is one of those events that creates confusion and instability in those affected by it.

As a teen and young adult, I struggled deeply to know who I was. 
I was desperate to understand where I fit, what I was made for and basically why I was on the planet. 

I didn't realize it at the time but all of this sent me on a quest for the answers to these questions.

It wouldn't be until I started discovering what the Bible says about me that I found any reasons that were worth believing. 

I had attempted to define my life through accomplishments, through my friend group, through gaining the respect of others and through intellectualism.  After pursuing each of these for a time, I made it far enough down each of these roads to know that going any further wouldn't satisfy what I was searching for. I felt the purposeless of each of these pursuits.

So as I began to follow Jesus, I started stumbling across statements in the Bible (many of which I will develop in later posts) that were addressing the questions that I was desperate to answer.

It told me who I was, where I fit, what I am made for and why I am on the planet. 

This is a hugely personal reason why I NEED the Bible:

     9) It tells me who I am. 

Ryan