Sorry it's been a while - as usual life gets in the way and the fact that my work computer no longer supports this website which limits the time I get to contribute to it. Yup - i was doing it on work time before, but I'm sure Her Majesty wouldn't have minded me sparing 10 minutes to talk about Jesus! However Satan obviously did so has been making it a bit more difficult for me!
So today - well I've taken to listening to Casting Crowns most recent album 'The Well' and there is one track that suddenly inspired me to blog today. It is called the City on the Hill and the gist of the song is about a group of people in a city who all ended up letting their differences get in between them....
"You see, the poets thought the dancers were shallow
And the soldiers thought the poets were weak
And the elders saw the young ones as foolish
And the rich man never heard the poor man speak"
They all moved away and the light in the city on the hill began to fade. I love the song it makes me realise how important it is to value other peoples gifts and work with them. We have all been designed to be unique - there is no one on this Earth who is like you. No one who can do things the way you do them. Now instinctively I imagine you are all thinking but she can do that better and I'm not as good as her at doing that! We play right into the devils hand when we go down this route. You have to remember that if you are thinking that then they are probably thinking the same about you or someone else!
I like dancing when I worship - I am rubbish at it! I don't look graceful or elegant - I wish I could have a few drinks first because then I think I'd probably be awesome. And there are some other girls I see dancing who just seem to look amazing. I get struck with jealousy - sometimes I don't even dance because of it. But, I have to remember at these times it is about what I bring - so I don't make church look elegant or graceful when I look like a baby hippo trampling around in the wings, but sometimes I can bring a word of knowledge, or even just a hug to a friend in need and that is what I am good at.
The song then goes on to talk about what each person brings to the others....
"It is the rhythm of the dancers
That gives the poets life
It is the spirit of the poets
That gives the soldiers strength to fight
It is the fire of the young ones
It is the wisdom of the old
It is the story of the poor man
That's needing to be told"
We can't look at what someone else has and be jealous because we don't have it because we need to realise what it is that we have that someone else doesn't have and needs in order to do what their good at.
I can say without a single doubt that whoever you are reading this you are special and unique, you bring something to this world that no one else does. Maybe you don't see it - so ask God to reveal it to you. But I can guarantee that it is there and that there is probably someone out there looking at you wishing that they had it. So stop being jealous of what you don't have or do and thank God for what you do have and start using it!
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