The truth is that you are always your person, created by God with your face, your name, and your consciousness. While being a unique person, you have always existed in relation to others, primarily to God, but also your neighbor, and the created world. There is no version of your self that can be extracted from these relationships and your history and your body. You are inexorably embedded in space and time. There is no image for you maintain because you were made in the image of God. There is no identity for you to discover or create because your identity was never actually in question. It
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