When I was a teenager I remember being very insecure and unsure of who I was and what I was good at. I saw others as being very much better at things than I was and never quite thought I was good enough. I remember being at an SU camp at Blaithwaite in Cumbria and being really scared at having to look after a group of children. How would I be able to answer their questions. Everybody else was so much better at it than I was. During the week the team bible studies were led by the owner of the centre, and I remember one particular day where we were looking at Psalm 139. What was said that day has always stayed at the back of my mind and influenced the way I think and act. What did I learn that day? This: God made us the way He wants us to be and He doesn't makes mistakes. So we were all made the people that we are for a reason. It may take us a while to work out what we are good at, but don't say that God made a mistake when He made you the way you are. That doesn't mean that there aren't things that we need to change, because of course we all sin and need to become more like Jesus and strive to do that day by day. But we all have our personality that is different to everyone else for a reason. Don't try to become like someone else, be who God made you to be.
Why am I thinking of this today? I read this blog which says it so much better than I could!
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