As God’s children we know we are created for relationship. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit function as one God in a relationship of perfect unity. We learn that as we have been created in His image we are created for unified relationships.
When many close friendships seemingly fade away, we can start to think we will never have close friendships. We question whether we are sabotaging our own efforts because there must be something wrong with the way we move toward others. We are convinced that our record of past failures will lead to a future of more failure.
As human beings, we live out of a sense of identity. Identity refers to who we are or believe ourselves to be. It describes how we fit in the world and reflects on how we value that place. Our identity gets formed from many sources. It develops from our successes and failures, what others think of us, and our associations with other people to name a few.
All of the things we have experienced, known, and felt affect how we view ourselves or how we identify ourselves. The diversity of factors that form our identity
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