Get a Hold of Yourself: Embracing Authenticity in a Complicated World

We often sense a gap between who we are and who we could be, should be, or feel called to be. “I don’t understand myself,” the apostle Paul writes in the New Testament. “Why do I struggle to do the things I want to do and keep doing the things I don’t want to do?” That might be one of the most relatable passages in the Bible!

As Christians, we’re inclined to seek the Scriptures for guidance, but even Jesus’ teac...