Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Normal? who is normal?

The book I am reading is so good.."Everybody is normal till you get to know them"
He talks about how in stores they have items that have a tags on them"as is" which is a good way of saying damaged goods or sightly irregular. It is a warning!! no returns, no refunds.
They might not tell you what the flaw is ,you have to search for it!!
It reminds me , that people do not come with these signs .
Some of us , you can see our flaws a mile away but most of us , people have to search.
They get to know you ( really know you) not the " Sunday morning You" but the one that is angry at the kids on the way to church or mad at the traffic cause it is bumper to bumper, or mad cause someone can't read the sign 12 items only lane and they have 32 items!!!
Or hurt by our spouse cause they do not think the way we do.
It is kind of funny how we think our family is the normal ones and our in-laws are not!!
We all have quirks, and flaws. So I guess we all are abnormal!!!
Yet, it is humbling, when ya think ,that our God made us for community, He wants all of us abnormal people ,who have many flaws and can pick the flaws of others out right away and so many times , are more than than willing do soooo , OUCH!!!
He wants us, to live in community, it is His hearts desire, He wants us to draw closer to each other and learn and grow and value each other, Just as He values us!!!
This is hard! Only God can give us wisdom, power, the tools and humor to do so!
I am thankful for God and the ones ,He has sent into my life that know all about me and love me anyway! He is an awesome God!

2 comments:

kay said...
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kay said...

ah...the flawed ones. i hold my hand up first for that category!! i hope that my flaws are not so obvious that they hold others back from getting to know me and then they can really see them!! :)

i love how you write. i will be a regular reader for sure!

if you need any help, feel free to ask away. i love to give advice such as it is! :)