Finger Prints

It's funny. how we often don't feel normal. We for some reason feel like were not generally accepted, or that we don't fit the mold. With everyone making plans for college and planning out their dream lives it can become hard to be grounded in the truth. so let me ask you this... what is normal?... I know... It's a setting on your washer and dryer.

This idea of being normal is restricting our imagination. To be all we were made to be. I hate when i know that i should be the black sheep but just decide to be "normal". Like when it comes to dating. What girl wants to date a guy who dosen't want to kiss til theyre engaged? Thats not normal! Or who wants to sit with the "special needs" kids at lunch? Theyre not normal either. I've been afraid to talk to the "goth" kids before because they're not "normal", and i've also been afraid to approach the "popular" kids because i'm not "normal" enough for them. So what does that tell you about normal? That it is different for different people? Exactly.

Now were starting to see the truth. Look at your finger print. They say that no one else in the world has the same finger print as you. Isn't that interesting (strokes chin)? That you are truly a one of a kind. No one else is quite like you. So how can we be "normal" if were all created different? Were all one of a kind. And you know what hits me the hardest about that?... No one can leave the same mark on the world as you.

That finger print of yours is one of a kind. You were made special. To excell in your own path. Not to conform to others. Not to be "normal". If you open your heart to God and let him work through you on that path you will leave a mark on this world that no one else could have. Just as no other man can leave your finger print behind. We are all made to be individuals. Unlike anyother. Not to live up to any other standard.

Jeremiah 1:5
5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;..."

My prayer is that we can all be the "black sheep" if we have to, so we can be the unique creation God made and loves. That we can all realize that we are a one of a kind, and see how precous our life is. God gave it to you. Give it back to him. Love and serve the Lord, in a way only you can.