Who Am I

I plan to run this in the NCFCA as an Original Oritory. I know it's under time but I don't think adding anything would make it better. What do you think?


Who am I
is a question asked so many times before
by everyone who ever knocked at the door of adulthood

Every day I look around me and too often I see
-people saying
if only I could just be me

Our postmodern prophets tell us to just be ourselves
Our culture is screaming out for help,
but nobody answers them

Cause Im just not that kind of person
Im not strong
or wise
Im no leader

You see the problem with our society is that
we are all so focused on me
Who am I,
What do I want,
What makes me happy,

The err isn’t society
but the question

We are always changing,
growing,
becoming,
We never simply are

I am not who I was when I took this stage
Then I was nervous
Now I am pleading

No
The question is not
Who am I
but Who should I be

Not who do I want me to be
but who does He want me to be

We where all made in the image of God
but If we honestly take a look in mirror
we are all quite infioro

To who He is
Who He wants us to be

We will never learn anything by asking
who am I
when we truly see ourselves it is through Gods eye
And I can’t speak for you
But I do know that I

Am inferior

I am
Broken,
and weak,
and fallen,
and helpless,

But God

They say that is the greatest praise in the Bible
and I strongly agree
because every time we read it we are about to see
Gods glory,
and mercy,
for you and for me

I am shameful
But God paid my debt in full
I am nothing
But God sais that I am beautiful

God sent His Son to a cross
for me
He sent Him to die
so that I can be free

So who am I?
I am a sinner
But God

When God looks at me He sees not who I am
Not my shame
Not me
But Jesus

Jesus blood washed away
who I am

Now He sais follow
Tho Im not sure I can
He sais ‘Just hold tightly to Me with both hands’
And I’ll do the fighting
tho you can’t let go
Many evils will tempt you
but you bust say no

here in this moment my mind is made still
my arguments are silenced
my objections made null

I stand now in silence
what great mystery

How can it be
That the God of creation
is fighting for me

wile I was a sinner
Jesus died for me
Now He sais follow
Through His eyes I see
The destination?...
Is the man I should be.

One question I ask you
one question only
Which will you ask,
Who am I?
or who should I be.

Strengths Quest Results

Here follows my top five strengths in order. I hope you enjoy and perhaps come to understand me a little better.

AD MAEOREM ET GLORIEM <><

BELIEF

If you possess a strong Belief theme, you have certain core values that are enduring. These values vary from one person to another, but ordinarily your Belief theme causes you to be family-oriented, altruistic, even spiritual, and to value responsibility and high ethics—both in yourself and others. These core values affect your behavior in many ways. They give your life meaning and satisfaction; in your view, success is more than money and prestige. They provide you with direction, guiding you through the temptations and distractions of life toward a consistent set of priorities. This consistency is the foundation for all your relationships. Your friends call you dependable. “I know where you stand,” they say. Your Belief makes you easy to trust. It also demands that you find work that meshes with your values. Your work must be meaningful; it must matter to you. And guided by your Belief theme it will matter only if it gives you a chance to live out your values.

IDEATION

You are fascinated by ideas. What is an idea? An idea is a concept, the best explanation of the most events. You are delighted when you discover beneath the complex surface an elegantly simple concept to explain why things are the way they are. An idea is a connection. Yours is the kind of mind that is always looking for connections, and so you are intrigued when seemingly disparate phenomena can be linked by an obscure connection. An idea is a new perspective on familiar challenges. You revel in taking the world we all know and turning it around so we can view it from a strange but strangely enlightening angle. You love all these ideas because they are profound, because they are novel, because they are clarifying, because they are contrary, because they are bizarre. For all these reasons you derive a jolt of energy whenever a new idea occurs to you. Others may label you creative or original or conceptual or even smart. Perhaps you are all of these. Who can be sure? What you are sure of is that ideas are thrilling. And on most days this is enough.

INTELLECTION

You like to think. You like mental activity. You like exercising the “muscles” of your brain, stretching them in multiple directions. This need for mental activity may be focused; for example, you may be trying to solve a problem or develop an idea or understand another person’s feelings. The exact focus will depend on your other strengths. On the other hand, this mental activity may very well lack focus. The theme of Intellection does not dictate what you are thinking about; it simply describes that you like to think. You are the kind of person who enjoys your time alone because it is your time for musing and reflection. You are introspective. In a sense you are your own best companion, as you pose yourself questions and try out answers on yourself to see how they sound. This introspection may lead you to a slight sense of discontent as you compare what you are actually doing with all the thoughts and ideas that your mind conceives. Or this introspection may tend toward more pragmatic matters such as the events of the day or a conversation that you plan to have later. Wherever it leads you, this mental hum is one of the constants of your life.

STRATEGIC

The Strategic theme enables you to sort through the clutter and find the best route. It is not a skill that can be taught. It is a distinct way of thinking, a special perspective on the world at large. This perspective allows you to see patterns where others simply see complexity. Mindful of these patterns, you play out alternative scenarios, always asking, “What if this happened? Okay, well what if this happened?” This recurring question helps you see around the next corner. There you can evaluate accurately the potential obstacles. Guided by where you see each path leading, you start to make selections. You discard the paths that lead nowhere. You discard the paths that lead straight into resistance. You discard the paths that lead into a fog of confusion. You cull and make selections until you arrive at the chosen path—your strategy. Armed with your strategy, you strike forward. This is your Strategic theme at work: “What if?” Select. Strike.

LEARNER

You love to learn. The subject matter that interests you most will be determined by your other themes and experiences, but whatever the subject, you will always be drawn to the process of learning. The process, more than the content or the result, is especially exciting for you. You are energized by the steady and deliberate journey from ignorance to competence. The thrill of the first few facts, the early efforts to recite or practice what you have learned, the growing confidence of a skill mastered—this is the process that entices you. Your excitement leads you to engage in adult learning experiences—yoga or piano lessons or graduate classes. It enables you to thrive in dynamic work environments where you are asked to take on short project assignments and are expected to learn a lot about the new subject matter in a short period of time and then move on to the next one. This Learner theme does not necessarily mean that you seek to become the subject matter expert, or that you are striving for the respect that accompanies a professional or academic credential. The outcome of the learning is less significant than the “getting there.”