Monday, March 01, 2004
I'm no accident, alright!
Day #2 -- At a conference that I once attended, the speaker was trying to make her point that each & everyone of us there was special & that God loved us in a very personal way. There were a lot of us there that time struggling with self-esteem issues & she happened to choose the example of 'only children' to make her point. Now, for those of you who don't know, I am an 'only child' so you can imagine how attentively I listened to her story.
Anyway, she pointed out that a woman has about a million eggs inside her & that in the case of 'only children', only ONE of those eggs is ever fertilized. She emphasized again & again how very special we all are in the sight of God & that in this particular case, only children are ONE in a MILLION! Now that makes us pretty special, don't you think...???
So, anyway, Rick Warren speaks to us in Day 2 also about how very special we are & I don't doubt it but I happen to know that there are a lot of folks out there that just don't believe a word of it. Now, why is that...??? I think it takes a lot more than just reading it, saying it, hearing it. Somehow, someway, you have to INTERNALIZE it. There's a saying, "Fake it til you make it" & maybe that's one way to get started. So, where was I going with this thought? Oh, yeah... so, being as I'm no accident & believing that God uniquely created me & has a purpose for my being here, then why all the fuss about knowing why on earth I'm here & driving myself crazy trying to figure it all out?
Well, as best as I can figure it, I still have some things to work through, some issues that I'm struggling with BUT hey, that's ok, too because God knows & He cares & think about it... What if our lives were perfect & we didn't' have any things to question or muddle through... What would be the fun of that...??? Maybe that's all part of why we're all on earth in the first place...to sort it all out, here & now, before we get to the final level. I hate using those old cliches but I can't resist (sorry!), "Rome wasn't built in a day" & well, maybe that's all a part of our purpose being here -- just trying to figure out who we are in the eyes of God, discovering our uniqueness, our beauty -- discovering that hey, we really were MEANT TO BE...! and we're definitely NO accident! Yes! Maybe that's what it's all about...
Anyway, she pointed out that a woman has about a million eggs inside her & that in the case of 'only children', only ONE of those eggs is ever fertilized. She emphasized again & again how very special we all are in the sight of God & that in this particular case, only children are ONE in a MILLION! Now that makes us pretty special, don't you think...???
So, anyway, Rick Warren speaks to us in Day 2 also about how very special we are & I don't doubt it but I happen to know that there are a lot of folks out there that just don't believe a word of it. Now, why is that...??? I think it takes a lot more than just reading it, saying it, hearing it. Somehow, someway, you have to INTERNALIZE it. There's a saying, "Fake it til you make it" & maybe that's one way to get started. So, where was I going with this thought? Oh, yeah... so, being as I'm no accident & believing that God uniquely created me & has a purpose for my being here, then why all the fuss about knowing why on earth I'm here & driving myself crazy trying to figure it all out?
Well, as best as I can figure it, I still have some things to work through, some issues that I'm struggling with BUT hey, that's ok, too because God knows & He cares & think about it... What if our lives were perfect & we didn't' have any things to question or muddle through... What would be the fun of that...??? Maybe that's all part of why we're all on earth in the first place...to sort it all out, here & now, before we get to the final level. I hate using those old cliches but I can't resist (sorry!), "Rome wasn't built in a day" & well, maybe that's all a part of our purpose being here -- just trying to figure out who we are in the eyes of God, discovering our uniqueness, our beauty -- discovering that hey, we really were MEANT TO BE...! and we're definitely NO accident! Yes! Maybe that's what it's all about...
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