I am not the best at any one thing. I'm not trying to be humble or insecure or whatever label some might slap on at that comment. I am being honest - this is reality. No matter where I am gifted or talented there is one who is probably better and in most cases more than one. I am thankful for that, although it is an internal battle that I have to fight at times. Sometimes I get hooked on my self and how I am performing and before you know it all of my thoughts are all about ME! SICK... not how I would like to live my life. It's like all my efforts hit the ceiling and fall back in my face when I get in these cycles - to be vulnerable.
My goal is never to be the best at anything. My goal is to be Sarah Nichols Lipscomb at everything - yes this is cheesy but let me finish. There is no other Sarah Nichols Lipscomb (well maybe there is, but she doesn't have my DNA). I was created to worship in expressions and ways that no one else can. That's awesome. My God is awesome. The fact is so were you and your momma and every other human on the planet... that is a CRAZY thought! Wrap your brain around that vastness ( I know you can't... me either)
So the bottom line to this choppy madness - yet truth. Is that no one else can bring to the table or worship God the ways that I can. With that in mind I am free - I'm free to dream, to dance, to sing, to create without ever batting an eye at what the critics may think (me being my own biggest critic). Why waste my thoughts on what the critics think. I'm not trying to make money, I am trying to worship my creator, and reflect his beauty.
Think about this; there is no other you. No one else can do what you do. Live for something bigger than yourself and the critics are merely a murky memory.
"You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you." Song of Solomon 4:7
I was reading in Philippians this morning. The well-known verses about doing everything without complaining. But what stuck out to me was this: "Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky". If you, or I, focus on what the critics are saying, we are allowing them to look at us and our human hearts. If we are focused on Christ and His purpose for us then we will shine like the stars we were meant to be. The critics should see Christ shining through us instead of our own insecurities. And it is very hard to focus on our failures if we are rejoicing in the Lord!
ReplyDeleteVery good thought. Thanks for sharing!