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| ps from ps “You’re only…..” Has anyone ever told you that? Sometimes it can be motivating. But most of the time it holds us back. And breaks us down. And sets up boundaries. And when we start to hear it enough, we start to believe it. And then it progresses to something worse…we start saying about ourselves – “I’m only.” And that’s when the real damage is done. Especially in God’s eyes. This weekend at church, Kristen started using this phrase in her sermon as she retold the story of Jeremiah’s call to be a prophet of God. God’s call went out to Jerry and what was his first response? “I’m only…” Who had he heard that from? How many times already in his life? But the beauty in the story is that God’s call to him already had gone out. God had already identified him as amazing. As important. As needed. As crucial for the story of salvation history. God reminded him that he knew him from the beginning. Jeremiah’s beginning. Had designed him for the incredible. And gifted him with the potential. In some ways, God was trying to help him realize his “only” was exactly what God needed him to be. Only Jeremiah was just about right! Did you wake up today and feel God’s calling for you in the world? For your team? For your family? For your church? For your neighbor? For those who are hurting? Did you have that reaction that Jeremiah did and want to reach for the “I’m only’s” that have snuck in to our subconscious and conscious from the unhelpful and untrue and unrealized? Or, above those doubts and fears, can you hear the voice of God who needs you and wants you just as and only as you. Only you. Your only today is perfect. Your only is needed. Your only is loved. Your only, in the eyes of God, is just about right! Lord, help me to appreciate the only you made me to be. Amen Still in One Peace, ps And also “pps from ps”: Biegner Winter is 67% over!! |
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