About
The Book
Have you looked in the mirror recently? Was the
person looking back at you the person you
used to be or are you not sure who is
staring back at you? Sometimes during the course of
life, we allow ourselves to
become what society says we ought to be. Society and its norms should not be
how we define ourselves. God has made each one of us to be uniquely different
and special in our own right. When we take the time to examine ourselves, we
may be surprised how much of the real us is gone. Physically we disfigured
ourselves or made ourselves sick trying to measure up to how society says we
ought to look or be. Who I Be is personal. It is time that we focus on who and
how God intended for us to be. We were fearfully and wonderfully made, and we
should find satisfaction in being made in God’s image and not who or what
society says we should be. Our physical, emotional, mental, and financial
status does not make us. Who I Be is about the person who can be themselves and
not be stressed or anxious about becoming another product of circumstances or
norms to be wholly.
About
The Author
Annie Brown was born to the parents of Lonza and
Daisy Duckett in Alexander City, Alabama. She was the third of four children.
Annie is the proud parent of four adult children, five grandchildren, and one
great grandchild. She is a licensed minister and attends Joyful Noise AOH
Church of God in Sylacauga, Alabama where she serves as the church secretary.
Annie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work from the University
of Montevallo and a Masters of Social Work degree from the University of
Alabama. She currently works at Lakeside Hospice, Inc. in Pell City, Alabama as
a hospice social worker. As a social worker, Annie works with the
terminally ill, providing emotional support at the most critical time in an
individual’s life.
Annie’s heart desire is that people will learn to love themselves. In order to
love themselves, a person cannot conform to society’s norms as to what is
acceptable but rather believe what God’s Word says.
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Why
Do I Need To Be Different?
Excerpt
We did not choose our parents, so we have no control over
our DNA makeup. But I do know and trust God’s Word that we all were wonderfully
and fearfully made. Is not that a blessing that no matter what our beginning
features were like, God made us good and very good? It is that innate (inborn)
desire within us to be accepted by the world standards that keeps us from accepting
who we really are. Contributing factors are the lies the devil has us believing
that there is always something wrong with us. We are never satisfied. If we are
short, we want to be taller.
If we have a dark complexion, we want to be lighter.
If we are white, we want a tan. If we are slender, we want to put on weight,
and if we are obese, we want to lose weight. While there is nothing wrong with
wanting to make some adjustments to our physical bodies, it becomes almost an obsession
when the images that society and the devil paint as acceptable are what we
yearn to be.
So what do we need to do as we feed into this
deception and believe things are what the devil tells us they are? We should
cry out to God as King David did on so many occasions for help. If we want to
step from low self-esteem to confidence, we must take heed of the Word of God
and believe what God says about us. Since the fall in the Garden of Eden, the
adversary (the devil) has been deceiving people to believe that he knows better
than God. St John referred to the devil as a liar and the
father of lies.
