Who

   Humans like labels. Even the most independent among us like to identify with their fellow, fearless souls. I consider myself independent, and then I identify myself with all kinds of groups. I am a sister, a daughter, a nerd, a fundamentalist, a conservative. I call myself an extensive reader, a want-to-be writer, a music-lover. I count myself  non-denominational, despite the fact I go to a Baptist church.
  There seems in mankind, the innate desire to identify. To be a part of a tribe. To belong somewhere. That desire is God-given, placed in man so they can find their identity in their relationship to their Creator.
  As a Christian, I know that ultimately my identity is found in my Savior. I know that I am a child of God, saved and redeemed by the blood of Christ. That is how I should identify myself. It is from my relationship with Christ that I should derive my worth.
  Labels are easy. They are visible, tangible. The labels we apply to ourselves on earth are not necessarily bad, but they do not affect the essence of our being the way we often think they do. More often than not, we let the labels we apply to ourselves control who we are. They do not, however, change who we are before our Creator as human beings.
  The Westminster Catechism eloquently and truthfully states, "The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." We as people have a tendency to use our personalities and our circumstances to define us; not the fact that we are human beings created in the image of God with the purpose of glorifying our Creator.
  Not all are going to live their lives to glorify the God who made them. Many, in fact, will live in flagrant disobedience to Him and His commands. And that is how they will ultimately be defined. That is how everyone will be defined: by whether or not that were a child of God. Who we are is based on who we are before God, and that alone.