"You guys are all into that born again thing, which is great. We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy too... [awkward silence] But I guess that's why God invented highlighters, so we can highlight the parts we like and ignore the rest."
-Rich Mullins speaking to Wheaton College
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Just Right
I just went and bought donuts. I like them. That's irrelevant....except that while I was waiting to pay for my two donuts, I glanced at the magazines around the register.
This is what I want you to hear. Are you ready?
YOU ARE PERFECT JUST LIKE YOU ARE!
Did you hear that? It's a message that you don't hear often.......or maybe never. And I think it's one that you need to hear more.
Now let's be clear. We all sin. We all screw up. The Bible is clear that none of us are without fault.
BUT the Bible is also very very clear that God made you. Not only that, but he created you with a purpose. No one but you can live the life that God has called you to.
Think of it this way. You're an engineer (the kind that designs things not the train kind). Your job is create a gizmo called a "Splitzerslamer" that will do this one really cool thing that'll make the whole factory work better. Now being a good engineer you know that the only thing that's going to really work is the Splitzerslamer.......you can't put in a Gniftygloob and have it work. The Gniftygloob is shiny and pretty looking though. Who wouldn't want to have a Gniftygloob in their factory? But the Splitzerslamer is the only thing that'll fit.
Here's what happens. We're told all the time that we're not pretty enough, athletic enough, smart enough, fast enough, sleek enough, we're not SOMETHING enough. The problem with that thinking is that......who is? God tells us that no one is perfect. So who is that we're comparing ourselves to? It's all an illusion.
I talk a lot about God having a purpose for your life. Do you know why? Because everywhere else you are being told that the only purpose you have is being like someone else. We are all so focused on trying to be something that we are not, that we've lost touch with what God wants for our lives.
In God's eyes you are a Perfect 10. Just like you are. With your freckles, zits, greesy hair, no hair, unibrow, whatever! You are You and that's beautiful.
Dove recently made this cool video. "No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted"
This is what I want you to hear. Are you ready?
YOU ARE PERFECT JUST LIKE YOU ARE!
Did you hear that? It's a message that you don't hear often.......or maybe never. And I think it's one that you need to hear more.
Now let's be clear. We all sin. We all screw up. The Bible is clear that none of us are without fault.
BUT the Bible is also very very clear that God made you. Not only that, but he created you with a purpose. No one but you can live the life that God has called you to.
Think of it this way. You're an engineer (the kind that designs things not the train kind). Your job is create a gizmo called a "Splitzerslamer" that will do this one really cool thing that'll make the whole factory work better. Now being a good engineer you know that the only thing that's going to really work is the Splitzerslamer.......you can't put in a Gniftygloob and have it work. The Gniftygloob is shiny and pretty looking though. Who wouldn't want to have a Gniftygloob in their factory? But the Splitzerslamer is the only thing that'll fit.
Here's what happens. We're told all the time that we're not pretty enough, athletic enough, smart enough, fast enough, sleek enough, we're not SOMETHING enough. The problem with that thinking is that......who is? God tells us that no one is perfect. So who is that we're comparing ourselves to? It's all an illusion.
I talk a lot about God having a purpose for your life. Do you know why? Because everywhere else you are being told that the only purpose you have is being like someone else. We are all so focused on trying to be something that we are not, that we've lost touch with what God wants for our lives.
In God's eyes you are a Perfect 10. Just like you are. With your freckles, zits, greesy hair, no hair, unibrow, whatever! You are You and that's beautiful.
Dove recently made this cool video. "No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted"
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