Standardized Mold

We are not standardized mold. God made a brand new mold for each of us. Therefore, each of us needs to be treated as such. If we are to be pressed into a standardized mold, it will hurt, we will loose part of ourselves, we may eventually fit, but at that point we are not us anymore, we are just some standardized package from someone’s production line. We need to be treated as the individual special package that God created us to be. He loves us the way we are or else He would have created the mold differently. We are just as we should be. This is why what works for one does not work for all. Yes, there may be sporadic moments that we find some commonality, but that is temporary because we are all different parts of the vine and body and eventually we are separated, different, so that we may fulfill our places as God’s children. We have to try and pray daily not to get caught up in the minute things that snowball into trying to fit everybody into a certain mold. This pertains to so much from outer looks to inner feelings. Mohawk, purple hair, piercings, tattoos, dirty clothes, suit and tie, fancy car or clunker, being chaotic or organized are all various things that help make us fit into our own molding God created. What? You don’t agree? Okay, who do you think you are to agree or disagree with God? He is the creator, the Judge, learn your place. Don’t try to make yourself a god. You may not see it that way, but it you are more focused on appearance, actions, routines, traditions, or take your pick of things. If you are more focused on these things than anything else, then you are taking God’s time up---and for what??? Your focus, time, and energy should be focused on God, let Him be the one to worry or think about how others act, look, etc.. Reflect on this: when you look around at people what are some of the first things you notice or think to yourself? Be honest and keep a short journal for a few days, some may only need one day. Now, you HAVE to be honest with yourself, because God already knows, so denying yourself the truth is only hurting yourself. Once you write down the honest first thoughts when you see various people (strangers or not) look over it. So, what kind of person are you? Are you looking at them with love or with judgment? Are you looking at them and seeing God’s child or are you already putting them into a standardized mold? If you do it honestly you will be disappointed in yourself. Remember you are human and you do sin, you can be forgiven, but remember that the only way to continue to have growth and a closer relationship to God is to continually self-reflect and self-evaluate and we do not always like what we see, but we stop allowing the devil to steal, kill, and destroy by putting our focus back on God and our relationship with Him and how He wants us to be. Don’t try to be better than someone else. Only try to bet better than the “YOU” you used to be. The “YOU” that the world tried to make you, start becoming the one God has already created you to be. Get back into your own mold; that is after all where you will fit best.