Our only real "label"

I got so excited last night to hop into bed, freshly washed hair and all cozy in my pjs fresh from the wash! One of the best feelings in the world I think. I opened up my bible (app) and was just so overcome with the treasure we have in having Gods word in our hands. I was more jumping around different books, ranging from Lamentations to Hosea, than really delving into a specific area this night. But when I was finished reading and laid my head on my pillow I felt so full of peace and a general excitement about my purpose here on this earth! However, I also felt a deep sense of overwhelming responsibility. My purpose is to be filled with Christ and to make sure I fit my life into the mold that he has created for me. I have been waiting and waiting for my "reward". Any mother who is childless knows this feeling of waiting on this reward that we all feel we deserve. The reward of being a mommy. But I was reminded last night that I can push and pull and beg for God to squeeze me into this mold of "mommy" (insert a number of labels for your own situation) that I so desperaely want to to fit into, but he won't. At least not right now. God knows the mold that was made perfect for me and I will only be in my perfect element and fit into the perfect mold for my own life when I resign to the wonderful fact that God knows where I fit. He knows what my life should look like. The answer is simple. It should look like Him and when my life looks like him THAT is my reward. That is what I am waiting for and striving towards, because no greater joy can be experienced than the joy that comes from taking on the mold of Jesus and trusting him to lead our steps. I'm thankful for God allowing this to spread through my mind last night as I fell asleep. Today I feel peaceful. I am thankful for my wonderful life and very aware of the warfare here and around the world. We are here to BE Jesus to those around us. To be a light in the darkness. This is our identity, our "mold". Yes, he blesses us with lots of other titles along the way; wife, mother, friend, sister...." But these words are not our identity or our calling. Our calling is simple. To wear Jesus everyday. To identify ourselves with Him and only Him and consider these other things " extra". I think God delights in blessing us with full lives that allow us to take on these other titles. He wants us to have good things. But I don't every want to forget that my identify and purpose lies in one thing and one thing alone and that is Jesus. Ony here is where I will find true purpose. :) Thanks Jesus for once again making things so simple when I try to make them difficult! :)