I spend time with some amazing people who I am honored to call friends. They each have something really, really special about them. They are wonderful people, and I love being with them. Occasionally though, my mind used to wander towards a me-centered attitude. No, it wasn't jealousy, not quite. I don't have a name for the feeling. Its a complicated combination- like, 'they are so ____ (talented, smart, funny, whatever)'. Then I started thinking, "hey, what can I do to get something that is special like that about me?" Then its time to start (in the figurative sense of course) hitting myself on the head with the truth that is with me, but sometimes forgotten: God is enough. He is ENOUGH. I don't have to be me, plus anything. I can just be me. He is enough. I am enough with Him. If I give myself completely over to Him, I have nothing to be worried about. There is nothing extra to do or to say or try to be.
That is not to say that there aren't responsibilities- I can think of several. Currently, I need to be faithful to God, honor my family, be there for my friends, be a faithful student, and be responsible to the tasks set before me by any of the above. But- there is no need to worry! I don't need to try to make myself into somebody different. God already is! He will work through me to make me who I am meant to be. Not who I think I 'should' be, based on people around me! And THAT is wonderful news. He is an incredible God. :-)
what is God working in you?
are you trying too hard to 'change yourself'?
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Not to confuse you--well okay maybe--but supposing you have changed to be something you're not, then don't you need to change to be what you are?
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