Dusting Off

One of the many things I love about people is that we are so very different in dynamics.  How absolutely boring would our world (and lives) be if we were all the same?  There would be no point in asking questions as we would already know the answers.  

We would all love the same things.

Hate the same things.

Fall the same way.

What is terrible about this scenario is that we would not know any better.

God didn't create us to be all the same.  He made us different.  Unique.  Complicated.

For a reason.

Maybe it is to love more people?  Help more people?  Cherish more people?

Maybe it is to love our circle more.  Help our circle more?  Cherish our circle more?

Some are called to go out and do.  Others are called to stay and do.  That is OKAY.

Want to know what else is OKAY?

Having highs and lows.

Asking God why?

Yelling at God.

Screaming at God.

Questioning God.

He created us with minds that are so inquisitive.  Always wanting to know more.  Always searching for more.  Always demanding more.

When we don't get answers, guess what, it is OKAY.

It's OKAY to feel down.  Defeated.  In the slumps.

If we never felt like that in our lives, then how can God lift us up?

If we never face trials, how can God get us through them?

If we never know what it is to need, how can God fill it?

If we are never weak and weary, how can God renew our strength?

I truly believe in my heart that we have to feel it all to appreciate it all to help others go through it all.  

Isaiah 40: 28-31 says:

Do you now know?  Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

God doesn't expect us to be strong and agile all the time.  That is his job.  

He doesn't want us to fall, but when we do, he is there to pick us up, help dust us off, and gives us strength to continue on the journey ahead.

It is my hope that we can celebrate and learn from the highs and lows in our lives.  That we may feel thankful and blessed for having the opportunity to experience them, learn from them, and help God lift others up through them.