I recommended JohnвЂ™s book to her and she wrote back recently about how life-changing itвЂ™s been for her. Someone recently wrote to me after watching the video for вЂњRemind Me Who I Am.вЂќ about how much she desperately wants to believe that sheвЂ™s beloved but just canвЂ™t.В She related sad stories of her parentвЂ™s appalling failures. Peace, joy, and the love of God emanate from him.В He makes you want what he has, and his book chronicles the journey that brought him to where he is now.

Sheasby himself is a walking burst of joy and to be in his presence is to be infected with his delight. Sheasby proposes that your understanding of yourself вЂ“ either solely as a servant of the Master or a child of the Father вЂ“ will profoundly shape your life, defined either by performance and insecurity or by love and belonging. He wrote a humble little book called Birthright in which he explores the believerвЂ™s identity as either a son or a servant.В He draws from that story of stories, the parable of the lost son in Luke. We begin with belovedness.ДЄs I mentioned in an earlier post, much of this song grew from my conversations with our own Ron Block, master of true identities!Д«ut another source of inspiration came from a South African man named John Sheasby who spoke at an artist retreat that Andrew and I attended last year. ItвЂ™s meant to set the terms of the conversation that follows throughout the rest of the songs. The record kicks off with a song about identityвЂ“where we get it, why it matters. I am always grateful for the Rabbit Room community and am glad I get to share this day with you.

The day a record releases is a special day, the culmination of a lot of work over many monthsвЂ“even years. And so begins the вЂњlistening partyвЂќ for my new record! Thanks for tuning inвЂ“IвЂ™m grateful for you and for the attention youвЂ™re giving my work.

Remind me who i am jason gray