It is not my business
what others think of me- Charles Harling
Perception is not always reality.
Far too often in life we let others dictate who we
really are. Or we allow what others
remember us to be, sum up who we are now. It is easy enough to do. Often we grow to believe that the perception
of who we are will never change.
For example, years ago in my youth I was often
labeled as someone who was irrational and flighty. Unwisely, I had once eaten a whole stick of
butter as a lunch time challenge at a summer camp. And on a youth group trip in Rocky Mountain
National Park in Colorado, I epically threw up in the car causing the rest of
the occupants to immediately vacate.
Yet, it does not tell the whole story about me. Many today still remember as that crazy
teen. Changing the past is not something
we can do. The past is good in that we learn from it and then take that
knowledge and move forward with it.
However, if we allow people to label us, it more or
less puts our ability in the present to be taken seriously - ON BLOCKS. Just like a car that has been hoisted up on
cement blocks unable to move. Although, when
we invite God into the equation of our lives, our past simply no longer can
hold us hostage.
The truth is that no one knows us more intimately than
the God who made us - flaws and all. In
my life God has done many miracles.
Things that are just supernatural and that as long as I held his hand
worked out beautifully. Yet if I had
told God I was a failure and that I was no good to Him, I would have missed
out. And that truly would have been a
crazy thing to do.
The only time our
lives are truly on blocks is when we
don’t give God the keys to drive…
Swavel
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