Modeled and Remodeled

I see something modeled. I think I’d like to remodel myself to be like that.

Why?

‘Why are you, lady, always asking why and trying to make me ask ‘why’?’

My Uncle Babe, now gone to heaven, told me he was always trying to get people to think. Think about what? Think on their own. Think things through. Wonder about stuff. How and why and who said it and why should I do things this way. Could there be a better way? What rule says I’m not allowed to think or speak what I’d like? I think I follow my uncle’s same way. I like to think and see through things and help other people to do the same. It’s healthy to have your own mind…to use it well to think, create, make, suggest, start…just be at peace with your own way of life.

I’m not talking about purposely causing trouble or doing wrong things, but we humans can get stuck doing the same ‘ole, same ‘ole pretty easily and become bogged down.

So begin today. Think about your models and any current remodeling you’re contemplating in your life. Why have you chosen that model to remodel after? Is that what you really want or want to become? Is it because someone else thinks you need to be that, or you think you need to be that to be accepted by them? These are tough but necessary questions to ponder.

We don’t want to be a mere cookie cutter version envisioned by somebody else. Become who you are. Set your own standard. Stand out as a model of you!

Remember, are you remodeling yourself to your design, or are you allowing others to remodel you to their pattern?

It’s Just Me…

‘I keep having thoughts that I should go talk to so and so, that I should go help so and so, that I should write an article, book, speak to this person, apply for this job, start this business, but that’s just me and I don’t want to be proud and do what I think, after all, it’s not about me.’ ‘My church doesn’t believe God talks to people anymore so I know it’s not Him…so I guess I’ll just ignore all these thoughts and go about my own way.’

‘Is this right?’

Well, God does use all the ‘ME’s’ out there. He has chosen to use people to speak through, work through, pray through, love through, care though. He doesn’t personally come down and wipe away tears, or sit in the living room and visit with us. He uses us…people. I haven’t heard God speak audibly to me, but now that God lives in my heart, I can hear Him through His word. I may be in a situation and need some wisdom or help, and I say a quick prayer to God, “Help, Lord, I need your wisdom.” And sure enough a verse of scripture many times pops into my mind, or I’ll remember something the pastor said in a message that is the answer to my prayer and everything ends up ok. John 14:26 says the Holy Spirit will bring to our remembrance that which He has spoken to us, so that is what is happening in my life here.   Or, I’ll have the thought to stop by and see someone and it turns out they were in need of something that I could provide; sometimes it was just lending an ear, or walking to their mailbox for them, putting away their groceries or taking out the trash.

If we aren’t careful, we can be so concerned that ‘it’s just us’ that we miss many opportunities to do good to others, because we were afraid of stepping out on a ‘hunch’ we had… that could have been a real blessing to another person.

And I have found when the other person is blessed, so am I. The joy and happiness from helping another human being seems to take away my troubles and I feel light and refreshed inside!

Go out and do good to somebody today!