Authenticity

I went back to school today and it's so hard transitioning from Christmas break back into school.  I was excited about having Bible this semester though because I haven't had it yet.  Mrs. Moore's Bible class is unlike any other.  She tells it like it is and hates conformity.  I feel so refreshed when I leave her class because it gets me back in gear.  It reminds me how fallen our world is and how much everyone is trying to fit in.  We are meant to stand out and be different! God gave each one of us specific gifts for a reason and if we hide them to try and be like the next person we lose the chance to work together.  Before the fall there were no comparisons.  Adam and Eve were content with who they were in Christ and didn't have the desire to have the same talents as each other.  I bet Adam, Eve and God were the best team ever because they were perfect and balanced.  What the world doesn't understand is that not everyone is supposed to look "this way" or act "that way" because then the world becomes unbalanced and completely messed up!  Remain true to who you are and what gifts you have been given.  Christ created you by yourself.  If He wanted us all to be exactly alike He would have created us all at the same time for the same reasons.  

1 Peter 4:10 says,"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in it's various forms."

Be AUTHENTIC. Don't conform. Be yourself. Glorify Him.

A quote from Dr. Seuss:

Be who you are and say what you feel

Because those who mind don't matter

And those who matter don't mind