Topics: Pursuing Wholeness

A fundamental part of this human journey is taking what we have inherited and started with – our childhoods, our backgrounds, our family culture(s), our environments, our experiences, the influences around us, our communities, etc. – and weighing them against the truth of our identity in Messiah and His design for the operation of His image within us. As we weigh and test these things we are in a process of choosing who we are becoming. Do we become more like our Creator who loves us and gave Himself for us? Or do we become more like the counterfeit identities impressed on us by the world and the ancient accuser who hates us?

Scripture provides authoritative truth on many levels as to how our Creator sees us, purposes life for us, and instructs us in ways of living that heal and elevate our identity as children of the Most High. In addition, through understanding how the brain works, the interactions of behavioral and biochemical cause and effect, developing communication tools, and other principles of “tov” (good) functioning within the human design (body, mind, spirit), we can make daily life-giving choices throughout our journey. This topic of pursuing wholeness is a curated collection of thoughts and ideas across a spectrum of sources philosophical, spiritual, medical, scientific, relational, behavioral, and other arenas. As with ALL ideas and principles, we must weigh and measure and test for truth against the authority of Scripture. And at the same time, there can be powerful truths, consistent with Scripture and/or worth mining for nuggets of wisdom, in a variety of sources.

These are snippets I’ve come across that I have found helpful, thought-provoking, or in other ways worth of consideration. I do NOT necessarily agree whole-heartedly with everything I have collected here, but I do consider these worth sharing for the sake of exploring facets of pursuing wholeness.