As many of you know from past posts, I have endured intense trauma in my life—belittlement, isolation, abandonment, stolen innocence, being ignored, and oppression. So how can a person who has gone through so much trauma be used to encourage others, be set apart, and fulfill God’s purpose? I have learned that I am not defined by my trauma, my past experiences, or the labels others try to place on me—not even by my own mistakes. No, I am already defined by the blood of Christ! He says I am enough. He says I am worth His shed blood. He says who He created me to be… It is Christ who gets the last say because He died to give me freedom and the ability to live divinely defined! While we live in a severely broken, self-obsessed world, where trauma may come at the hands of others’ selfish desires and sins, the perpetrators and the experiences do not define us. Instead, God can use these moments to refine us. He can take what the world meant for evil and meld it into us to be used for good and His glory. Joseph, from the Bible, experienced some horrible things at