Being our Best

"But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as He wanted them to be." 1 Corinthians 12:18

For most of life, I think we fight God. We keep trying to show Him what we were made for. We keep giving him better ideas. We keep working for something bigger and greater than anything He seems to have in mind. For many of us, by the time we are in mid-life, we feel we somehow have missed out on some of the great things we were born for. We fight with God over this.
God made me with special ideas in mind, but I wish I could have been in on the planning. My skin would have been more olive-colored, and flawless. My hair more coarse, with some curl in it. My shoulders broader. My eyes wider-spaced. I would have completely removed the lazy part in me that I have to fight with all the time.
I come to you, however, knowing God made me not to impress you. Not to be on book covers. Not to be an authority. Not to be perfect or a genius. Not to make a million dollars!
God made me to be uncomplicated in my faith. To watch children and kites and sunsets and rainbows and enjoy them. To take your hand regardless of who you are or how you look. To listen to you. To accept you right where you are. To love you unconditionally.
God made me to be real. To be honest. To be open. To never compare myself to you, but to strive to become my own best person. To have character and dignity.

-Ann Kiemel Anderson
Women's Devotional Bible