“The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.'” Luke 1:28
If there was anything I regret about my dancing career, it would be this…
Looking around at all the dancers, wishing I was more like them.
I definitely think it is good to study other dancer’s technique…to learn from them, but wishing I was more like them…that’s a whole different thing.
It’s funny….in professional ballet…when you’re a snowflake or a flower…in the corps de ballet…you have to work hard to be like everyone else…to blend in. But when you’re a soloist, you get the opportunity to stand out. But so often dancers are so trained to blend in…that they don’t know how to stand out anymore. I remember trying so hard so many times to be like other dancers…that I didn’t even know what being me looked like.
Can you relate?
I think of Mary of the Bible. God picked her out. God intentionally purposed her with a mighty calling…to carry the Son of God. He had this perfect plan…this holy design for HER.
Today, I just want to encourage you that GOD SEES YOU and HE JUST WANTS YOU TO BE YOU. You may feel like nothing special. You may wonder what you could possibly be good at or how God could possibly use you. But know this, trying to be someone else is putting an obstacle up between you and who God designed you to be.
Today, you can let go of trying to be like someone else. Just be you. God wants you to embrace the gift of YOU. (I am so preaching to myself here too) God picked YOU out. God intentionally purposed YOU with a mighty calling….to carry His presence into a hurting world. He has a perfect plan…a holy design for YOU.
Today, you can stop looking around because the gift of Christmas…this Baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, born in a manger…because of Him…you can be YOU. You can be YOU because you have God in you….YOU carry the very presence of God because you know Jesus. And He wants to do some amazing things through you.
Will you let Him take over in your heart? When you let Christ take over, you start becoming who He designed you to be, sweet one. You, like Mary, are highly favored! The Lord is with YOU!
Prayer: “Lord, this Christmas, may I unwrap the gift of becoming myself as I let You take over in my heart.”
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