By Mary Ewa
Technology is the wealth of the twenty-first century. It is the new oil, the new gold — mined not from the soil but from the mind. It powers our economies, shapes our realities, and redefines what it means to be human in a rapidly changing world. Yet amid all the brilliance of invention, the real challenge remains the same: how do we see ourselves?
Because how we see ourselves matters. It shapes the choices we make, the voices we believe, and the lives we build. Every thought about who we are sets a silent boundary or opens a new door. That’s why it is said, you are as you think. The world outside often mirrors the world within.
But it’s not always easy to think rightly about ourselves. Too often, we look in the mirror and see fragments of failure, echoes of old mistakes, or reflections distorted by other people’s opinions. Society has a long memory when it comes to flaws — it can remind you endlessly of who you used to be, what you didn’t do, and where you fell short.
Yet God does not see us in the light of our past. He looks at us in the truth of our present. He does not hold our yesterday against us, because His mercy is not archived; it’s alive, new every morning. When people see the stain, God sees the story. When others see a limitation, He sees a lesson that has shaped our becoming.
This is a radical kind of vision — divine perspective. To see myself as God sees me is to unlearn the habit of self-condemnation. It’s to recognize that grace does not deny the past but redeems it. That the broken places of my life can still bear fruit. That who I was is not who I must remain.
And so I ask again: how do I see myself?
I see a mind still learning. A heart still open. A soul still under construction, being refined by both time and truth. I see one who has failed but also one who has risen, again and again, not by strength but by grace.
Technology might define our age, but identity defines our essence. What use is all the data in the world if we lose sight of who we are becoming? In a world obsessed with updates, I’m learning that my greatest upgrade is internal — a renewed mind.
Because every great invention begins with a thought, and so does every renewed life. When I choose to think of myself not through the lens of guilt but through the eyes of God, I begin to live differently. I make peace with my past, patience with my process, and purpose with my pain.
So yes, technology is the wealth of this century — but self-awareness, grounded in divine perspective, is the wealth of eternity. The truest progress is not in what I create with my hands, but in what I cultivate within my heart.
Each day, I am learning to see myself not as I was, not even as I am, but as I am becoming — through grace, through growth, and through God’s unfailing vision of who I truly am.
