Authenticity

Every time I receive another Thomas Kinkade Christmas village piece, I open it and find that it is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. A little piece of paper that guarantees me that what I purchased was indeed designed by Thomas Kinkade himself. In other words, it's the "Real Deal". It started me thinking about who I am, who designed me. and most important, do I display authenticity?
Do people know that I am fearfully and wonderfully made? Is God's design evident to others? In other words, "Am I the real deal?
I have often wondered if people know that I am a christian because I profess to be one, because I act like one, or because I AM one. God has written His name upon my heart, This is my certificate of authenticity. Yet so very often we trade our "little piece of paper"for a "fake ID:. We try so hard to create our own identity by working harder, obtaining more stuff, and working on our self-esteem, that we often wake up and ask ourselves, "Who am I and what am I doing here?" As illustrated in cartoonist Jules Feiffer's fable, "George's Moon." George's desire to establish universal existance by total concentration on his own existance results in the loss of his personal starting point.
God is our personal starting point. It begins and ends with Him. So throw away your "fake ID", grab hold of your "litttle piece of paper", and make it REAL.