Hello ,

A 2019 interview focusing on the acclaimed British actress Emma Thompson’s 60th birthday was titled “Emma Thompson Gets a Shock at 60.” 

The article’s author stated,

If anyone did not expect to have a midlife crisis, it was Emma Thompson. Being quite sure about things has been central organizing principle of her life. It has informed most every character she has played … All her life, she knew who she was. Now the roles she has embraced—mother, wife, performer—have her asking, “Am I any of those things? And if I’m not, who am I?”

Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner, despite having a stellar career and a celebrity husband, also struggles with identity. At the age of 23 she confessed, “I don’t actually know who I am.”

And then there’s the fictional character played by the actor Matt Damon in the Bourne movie series. Jason Bourne is a riddle to himself, saying, “I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for half a mile before my hands start shaking. How can I know that and not know who I am?”

Going through an identity crisis is fairly common, but God's word can bring us back to "center." 

"just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,"  Ephesians 1:4

It's important to remembeer that God our Heavenly father created us, and that it is HE Who has established our value as human beings who journey here on planet earth. Nothing could be more convincing than to have Him working in our daily personal lives.

Have a great day and God bless!

Pastor Mike / The Open Word