Good Monday
Morning to you!! Have you had your
breakfast yet? Very important meal –
very important start to your day, so eat up!
I’m so very
excited this morning because I get to see my Mom today. I haven’t seen her for many months, so please
forgive me for my over-bubbliness – yay! Yay! Yay! I get to see Mom today!!!!!!!!
(Side note here
– have you told those in your life today how much you love them or how very
special they are to you, or how lost you would feel without them? Today is a
good day to do so J)
This morning as
I read BibleGateway.com verse of the day, I thought how very appropriate these
verses are for each of us today:
First - It’s Monday – the start of a brand new work week and a
brand new chance to show our right stuff – that beautiful, unique, individual stuff
that makes us – each one – who we are,
And second – for much of the country, today is the first day
back to school! A new year, a new chance
to bring it; to make new friends, get reacquainted with old friends, to be and
live out who we are - with all those wonderful, beautiful, individual characteristics and
qualities and aptitudes that work together to make us who we are as a
person, and who we were meant to be.
Today is a new day to
begin making decisions based on who we are individually as a person, and not on
what or who our friends or peers think we should be. Yes?
Until the last
few years or so, I have spent my entire life trying to be like everyone else, trying
to fit in, to be stylish, to be pretty, and to be popular. This has always been extremely important to
me. When I was in jr and sr high, this
need led me to do and be some things I am not proud of. Harmful things, not only to me, but also to
my family. And as an adult it has caused
me to waste a lot of time trying to be things I am not. And trying to “keep up with the Jones’s” – or
Kardashian’s - in the world of fashion and beauty is ridiculous!!
So, in reading
this Scripture this morning, I am reminded again that yes, it is true that we all have something – a
hobby, a career choice, a ministry, etc., that interests us more, or that we
take to more easily. Something that makes
us sing inside, you know, feel really
good. Whether it be working with our
hands, crunching numbers, cooking, sewing, writing, teaching, coaching,
leading, singing, painting, problem solving, counseling, doctoring, hair
design, interior design, fashion design, computer design, hardware design, etc –
there is something that interests each one of us more than anything else, that
comes much more easily to us, and just feels right doing it or being a part of
it. Would you agree?
Think about it - what is
that “something” that you really like doing, that “something” which seems to
come more easily to you or that you feel more comfortable doing? That “something” which makes you feel happy or
right when you are involved in doing it?**
That “something”
is the aptitude created within you, while you were yet unborn, empowering you
with the personality and skills to be whomever and whatever you were designed to
be.
Check out this
Scripture, it explains it perfectly;
In this way
we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from
the body as a whole, not the other way around. The body we’re talking about is
Christ’s body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a
part of his body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn’t amount
to much, would we? So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these
excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s
just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully
comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t. Romans 12:4-5 MSG
Hmmm… this says
that we were made to be something specific, with a special meaning and function or purpose all of its own. That we each are an excellently
formed, marvelously functioning part within the whole big picture. Each one of us!
Wow – that’s pretty cool!
(haha – I can’t bring myself to say, “rad”
“sweet” “nice” etc. “Cool” does it for
me!)
This verse says: …let’s just
go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully
comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t.
Yes!! These are
marvelous words to begin our day, our week, our new school year – words that
give us permission to be who we were created to be, using our own
personalities, without feeling awkward, left out, or weird! Awesome!!
Don’t you think?
So let’s all go
out and do our part – let’s be ourselves – the “ourselves” that God created us
to be, putting into good use the excellently formed,
marvelously functioning part of life and living that we are supposed to be. We will feel better being this excellently
formed person instead of enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with
each other, or trying to be something we aren’t. Or trying to be something the world tells us
we should be.
This is a good reminder
for me today as I get ready for the day.
Just be me, don’t try to be like someone else – wear what feels good to
me, fix my hair and makeup how I like, smile at everyone I see because that’s
who I am! Do the things I enjoy doing, being productive and helping others
along the way.
And write my blog –
because that’s one of those “somethings” that makes me feel good!
What makes you feel good?
Love and blessings to you
as you enjoying sharing YOU with your world today,
Mindy
**Ummm…do I need to clarify that I’m not
talking bad or illegal things here? I hate to bring that up, but today I need
to.
11 When I was a child, I
talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that
I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.
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