A really important lesson I learned from Clint at training camp has really implanted into my heart. He had noticed how some of the words I spoke out loud about myself sounded negative, even though to me i had thought was funny to say a joke at my own expense, about things like my height being a challenge. The Word he shared with me was so powerful in response.
He said, “God made you exactly like you are. He threw away the blueprint after He made you, and said He would never make another just like you. He created something in His own image and He treasured it. Don’t you like what He made?”
i had never thought of myself in the context of Creation before! I believed I was created by God, but I didn’t equate myself with the marvels of the stars I love to gaze into, or the mountains peeking through morning fog that would catch my breath and stop me in my tracks. It has been one of my greatest desires to witness marvelous things Papa has created on this Earth that He gave us. I had never realized that one of His most treasured, carefully crafted, marvelous creations, was myself.
Am i captivated by the beauty of what Papa made? He delighted in springing forth the facets of colors in my eyes in patterns of green, blue and gold that can never be replicated. The nappy hair that is often just plopped on my head he designed to curl and sparkle in shades of blonde in the sun. My skin is not too yellow to match my foundation like I used to complain! It is beautiful the way it sparkles when you look closely and absorbs the suns warmth so quickly!
It pleased God to design me just how I am. I pray to have a heart that is captivated by what God has crafted within myself. I have made it my mission to speak words of life that overflow from a heart that is set on the things of God over myself and others. I love what He made, in me. <3
