One of the mindsets causing soul-clutter is the idea we must fit in with the world around us.
It’s an impossible goal. I’ve been trying to achieve my goal of appearing normal ever since I was a little girl. I’ve failed miserably at it. Patsy Clairmont wrote a whole book entitled Normal is just a setting on your dryer, and I agree with her. Who determines what is normal anyway?
No Cookie Cutter Christians
God is not in the business of creating cookie-cutter works of art. Just the fact that each and everyone of us have a distinctive fingerprint ought to convince us He wants variety.
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10 NLT
We are masterpieces, not copies, each with a destiny planned by Him before we were born.
One Body Made Up of Unique Individuals
A great illustration of this concept is the idea that we are one body with many different parts. We cannot all be the head or the foot. A creature with ten heads would be scary! Each part has an important function; and the body would be less if that part did not exist. If you don’t believe it, just injure your toe. You cannot walk perfectly without it.
Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?
But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part! Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
1 Corinthians 12:14-20 NLT
Each part is needed
Please take the time to study all the twelfth chapter of 1st Corinthians. You will see that each of God’s children are meant to be unique and to work together.
I’m so glad to know I’m meant to be different, and God has a place for me and my giftings, just as He has a place for you as well. You can depend on Him to lead you where you need to be. He’s the Good Shepherd!
Hey! I’m on a journey. I don’t pretend I’m doing all this perfectly. I’m sharing the goals and dreams I have in my heart in this series, “A Rich and Satisfying Life.” This is my seventeenth post of examining a life free from the clutter of both wrong thoughts, attitudes, expectations, and too-full calendars, as well as physical clutter. You can click here to see all the links to the series.
This series is part of a Write28Days challenge sponsored by Anita Ojeda. The challenge is now over, but I am still working at the goal of writing 28 times on my subject.
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