Who God Created You to Be

"I just want to walk in God's love, and I want to be obedient and faithful and loyal to the Lord," I told a friend via her voice mail recently as I shared with her I was waiting to meet with a loved one who has struggled beyond description for years and had just popped back into my life once again after years of weaving in and out of my life. As soon as I hung up the phone, I was flabbergasted at the words I had spoken. What a far cry from the woman I once was.

I know what I would have told my...