His unique creation

Facebook apps and all the posts from them get on my last only nerve!  However, this  morning I actually paid attention to one of those incessant posts and it became the topic for this blog!

I have a very dear friend who shared with me a quote that she repeated every day as often as possible until she overcame some self esteem issues.  Her self assuring quote was, "I am God's unique unrepeatable miracle and your rejection of me is your loss!"

I thought to myself when she shared this with me that it was mighty powerful.  I  had never really stopped and put that in perspective.  Of course I knew God created me; I have never doubted that.  To realize though that I am "unique" and there is none exactly like me (good thing too!  i don't think the world could handle two!)...well that put it in a new perspective.  Today's stolen quote from the Facebook app "On this day God wants you to know...." expanded that realization to another level.

Ok, ok!  Here are the stolen words....

On this day God wants you to know...

that you are created just right. Each kind of bird has a uniquely-shaped beak, wings, and even feather shape so that everything about it is perfect for the lifestyle... it lives. The various wing shapes allow them to dart after a bug, soar miles above a field, or fly for months over the ocean. Just as God cares enough to give each bird exactly what it needs, so you have been given the exact talents and personality to live the life God has given you...
I had to read that again to absorb it.

How many of us strive at some point our entire lives to change?  I know I have!  Self improvement is a good thing, but when is it too much?  Are you one of those who criticizes yourself frequently?  I am.  I tend to pick apart every aspect of my personality, appearance, manerisms, and pretty much anything else I can find to criticize about myself.  I study envy others.  I use those people as a measurement of how good insufficient I am.  I try to model their behaviors and styles.  I have now come to realize that this is when change is too much!

I wonder if I could slap God in the face just a little harder.  He created me to His unique and perfect plan for my life and I think I can do better!? 

"Just as God cares enough to give each bird exactly what it needs, so you have been given the exact talents and personality to live the life God has given you..."

God gave each of us (including me!) the EXACT talents and personality to live the life He gave us!  WOW!  He did it on purpose!  I am EXACTLY what He needed and wanted me to be in order to fit into His perfect plan for my life.  Now that is pretty darn special!

I'm smart.  Not as smart as other people I know, but smart nonetheless.  I'm pretty; not a supermodel, but who wants the stress associated with that?  I am compassionate; one of the things I have felt has been a downfall for me at times because it can hurt.  God meant that!  Without my compassion, I wouldn't be successful in my chosen career.  I'm outgoing; one of my qualities I have viewed as awkward at times.  If I weren't outgoing, then how in the world would I satisfy my need to be surrounded by people sometimes?  I thrive on human interaction.  Without my sometimes awkward outgoing personality, I would be kind of lonely and lose many opportunites to thrive.  I'm naive, which drives me crazy, but also protects me since I also have a tender heart.  If I weren't so naive to some of the ugly stuff that surrounds us, my heart would bleed almost non-stop.  I'm hard on people.  I hold them to high standards.  I have sometimes criticized myself for this because no one gave me the right to set these standards. WRONG!  God gave me that right.  If I didn't set high standards and hold people to them, I would lose the ability to help others grow. 

On this day, God wanted me to know that while self improvement is good, trying to morph into a collection of qualities from other people is not what He had planned for me.  I am who I am for a reason.