Radically Happy

Question 4: WLHIBAM

“What lie have I believed about myself?”

• That I am incapable of giving
• Or even receiving
• Unconditional love

Identity Exchange Memo

Continued from Inheritance

I am… back in the alley.

Where I first met
The Rottweiler

Where He saved me
From myself
From my enemies
From rotten food
From loneliness

I see Them.

They are still there
Fighting over scraps

Forming packs
To steal from the weak
Then turning on each other

For a moment
I am overcome

With revulsion
For how I once lived

With fear
That I might become that again
That they
Are too strong for me

Then a miracle occurs.

I see myself
In them

I see
That they see
The Rottweiler
In me

My head turns.

The golden collar
The Rottweiler gave me
Shifts my gaze
To the west side

I see a female
A purebred
Living like a mongrel
Eating carrion

I look at her
With compassion
But she snarls at me
With defiance

Too broken
To accept help
Even from one
Who would be her friend

And I suddenly realize
With a shock:

She is my assignment!

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• Pity
• Unafraid
• Grief
• Grateful
• Resolute

Scripture

The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir.
Joshua‬ ‭12‬:‭7a‬ ‭NLT‬‬