like 2days ago signed up to the Word for Today by email. I hadn’t checked it before I wrote the previous post.
I don’t even have the words….
Here it is…
Get Real!
Make a careful exploration of who you are… then sink yourself into that.
Galatians 6:4 TM
Are you living as God intended, or are you struggling to live up to other people’s expectations? What would happen if you just dropped your mask and got real?
The story of The Velveteen Rabbit (paraphrased) by Margery Williams has a timeless message for each of us. In a conversation between a new toy Rabbit and an old Skin Horse, Rabbit asks, “What’s real? Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?” “Real isn’t how you’re made,” replied Horse, “It’s a thing that happens to you when a child really loves you.” “Does it hurt?” asked Rabbit. “Sometimes,” said Horse. “But when you’re real you don’t mind.” “Does it happen all at once?” he asked. “It doesn’t” said Horse, “It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t often happen to people who break easily, have sharp edges, or have to be carefully kept. Generally by the time you’re real most of your hair has been loved off, your eyes drop out, you get loose in the joints and very flabby. But these things don’t matter because once you’re real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”
King David said, “You made my whole being… in an amazing… way” (Psalm 139:13-14 NCV). Becoming real means accepting yourself physically, mentally, emotionally and Spiritually, acknowledging that in God’s eyes you’re a work-in-progress. Paul writes: “Since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed… parts… let’s… go ahead and be what we were made to be” (Romans 12:4-6 TM). Then he adds “Sink yourself into that” (Galatians 6:4 TM), and God will take you places you never imagined.
Serenity
