Random Fact: I have a hard time with party favors. Both offering and receiving.
I like movies, so you might notice a trend in my postings. As in I will reference them. So here is today's movie reference. Did you ever see the movie The Mask? It starred Jim Carrey before he tried to be a 'serious' actor and Cameron Diaz when she was young enough to be considered a bomb shell and didn't look like a skeleton. It was a funny movie. Lots of quips and laughs. The premise of the movie was there is a shy guy who liked a pretty girl. The shy guy finds an ancient artifact allowing him to become outspoken and fun. Doing outrageous antics and being smooth so he can win his lucky lady. Bad guy boyfriend gets jealous, steals the mask good and evil duke it out for both the girly and to save the world. The End.
This transition was a little obvious, but I didn't want you to miss it. How often do I do this? Put on a mask and try to become who others want me to be? I used to do it all the time. It doesn't happen so much any more because God has been teaching me about His love for me and the desire He has for me to be who God created me to be. I had been so busy wearing a mask of 'what I should be' I was missing out on what I COULD be.
This morning I will be co-leading a Bible study. My mentor sent me a text with these words, they were just what I needed to hear about being authentic.
To leaders, If you are on a stage and you aren't honest and transparent then you're not a leader you're an actor.
- @JeffersonBethke
Those words hit me between the eyes. SO often I try and guess what people want to hear when I say things. SO often I get it all wrong. What the Lord has slowly been revealing to me is to stop trying to be something I am not. It's exhausting, embarassing, and leaves me with an icky feeling in the pit of my stomach that someone is going to find out what I am REALLY like.
As always, God's way is easy. His yoke is light. God created me for a purpose, but I can't do that if I am running around to be someone other than who God wants me to be. He is teaching me about who I am. I am His daughter, I am likeable, I don't have to pretend. I have skillz, people. That's right, I used a 'z'
It's not just me that He wants to teach these things to. God wants you to be you. Your kids to be who He wants them to be. God desires us to be authentic and real with ourselves and each other.
We can do it! With God's grace, all things are possible!
Where do you struggle in this? Is it easy for you to be you? Or do you want to be someone/thing else?
Blessings
-K
I like movies, so you might notice a trend in my postings. As in I will reference them. So here is today's movie reference. Did you ever see the movie The Mask? It starred Jim Carrey before he tried to be a 'serious' actor and Cameron Diaz when she was young enough to be considered a bomb shell and didn't look like a skeleton. It was a funny movie. Lots of quips and laughs. The premise of the movie was there is a shy guy who liked a pretty girl. The shy guy finds an ancient artifact allowing him to become outspoken and fun. Doing outrageous antics and being smooth so he can win his lucky lady. Bad guy boyfriend gets jealous, steals the mask good and evil duke it out for both the girly and to save the world. The End.
This transition was a little obvious, but I didn't want you to miss it. How often do I do this? Put on a mask and try to become who others want me to be? I used to do it all the time. It doesn't happen so much any more because God has been teaching me about His love for me and the desire He has for me to be who God created me to be. I had been so busy wearing a mask of 'what I should be' I was missing out on what I COULD be.
This morning I will be co-leading a Bible study. My mentor sent me a text with these words, they were just what I needed to hear about being authentic.
To leaders, If you are on a stage and you aren't honest and transparent then you're not a leader you're an actor.
- @JeffersonBethke
Those words hit me between the eyes. SO often I try and guess what people want to hear when I say things. SO often I get it all wrong. What the Lord has slowly been revealing to me is to stop trying to be something I am not. It's exhausting, embarassing, and leaves me with an icky feeling in the pit of my stomach that someone is going to find out what I am REALLY like.
As always, God's way is easy. His yoke is light. God created me for a purpose, but I can't do that if I am running around to be someone other than who God wants me to be. He is teaching me about who I am. I am His daughter, I am likeable, I don't have to pretend. I have skillz, people. That's right, I used a 'z'
It's not just me that He wants to teach these things to. God wants you to be you. Your kids to be who He wants them to be. God desires us to be authentic and real with ourselves and each other.
We can do it! With God's grace, all things are possible!
Where do you struggle in this? Is it easy for you to be you? Or do you want to be someone/thing else?
Blessings
-K
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