Identity

An important aspect of experience is that adults tend to find their identity in their experiences.

Is this you? On what do you base your identity? Your roles (parent, friend, profession, etc)? Your circumstances (income, housing, job, etc.)? Personality or preferences?

I encountered this thought about identity in a curriculum training caregivers of trafficking survivors. This context makes a simple sentence shocking. If your primary experiences are extreme trauma, abuse, and exploitation--what will be your identity?

This is another example of why the Biblical perspective is crucial to abolitionism. You are not the product of your experiences. You are who God says you are. 

Who do you think God says you are?