“Do you really understand your position?”  I found that to be a tough question for me to answer when I was asked by the Holy Spirit.  I thought I did.  But honestly, I was unable to fully comprehend my true position.   My true position in Him, that is.  Sure I can understand my position as a mother.  I am learning to understand my position as a wife.  I’ve nailed my position as an insurance counselor.  But do I truly understand my position in Him? 

With each difficult situation in our family, I was forced to grow up and mature very quickly because expectations and standards rose high. My parent’s worries became mine as they took care of other responsibilities and I no longer felt as that adored daughter. Instead I became a goal achieving perfectionist, afraid to let my parents or others down in any way. Teenage years were brutal because I started to search in other places, that, what I pushed away from my parents - love and attention from my father and acceptance from my mother.