Sometimes I think the church (myself included) forgets who they are…The Bride of Christ…Christ’s Beloved Bride. We think its good enough to want to be Jello…when we were meant for more. We want to fit the Jello mold as a human, follower of Jesus, as a daughter, parent, sister.
People often ask children what they want to be when they grow up…and children say typical things…doctors, astronauts, etc etc. Good careers.
How do we react when children want to be a DOLPHIN? Or a Tree? Or a Unicorn? Are limits a bad thing when they want to be something impossible?
And what’s the new thing with fairness…everyone wins the race and get a prize?
Do we have to be extraordinary? Being our own self isn’t that extraordinary or special enough that we don’t have to receive a gold star for being ourselves?
I’m not sure if this all comes together into a logical rant or ramble…but I think I just want to be me…whoever God designed me to be. AMEN
From: My Best Friends Wedding
Julianne: Well, he’s sort of wondering why you haven’t told your parents that the wedding’s off.
Kimmy: Well, I’m still hoping for a miracle, I suppose. I mean, how could he think that my father and I would do such a thing?
Julianne: Only a minor insight, you understand. Maybe Michael couldn’t commit to this marriage so he created a delusion, produced an unconscious, psychosomatic manifestation of… I’m better with food. Okay, you’re Michael, you’re in a fancy french restaurant, you order… creme brulee for dessert, it’s beautiful, it’s sweet, it’s irritatingly perfect. Suddenly, Michael realises he doesn’t want creme brulee, he wants something else.
Kimmy: What does he want?
Julianne: Jello.
Kimmy: Jello?! Why does he want jello?
Julianne: Because he’s comfortable with jello, jello makes him… comfortable. I realise, compared to creme brulee it’s… jello, but maybe that’s what he needs.
Kimmy: I could be jello.
Julianne: No! Creme brulee can never be jello, you could never be jello.
Kimmy: I have to be jello.
Julianne: You’re never gonna be jello. Now you have to come clean with your parents, because if you’re waiting for that “Do you take this man” part, it’s considered poor form.
You could never be Jello! http://youtu.be/WR_zgKsD-28
