Every One of Us is Different and We Need to Shine Where We’re Meant to
Watching kids perform…or not, gives us some insight into who we are as adults.
Last week was Vacation Bible School at our church. Sunday the kids had a program during our morning worship. It’s always fun to watch kids perform (or not 😊).
Some were very animated doing the actions to the extreme as they sang the songs. Others sang without doing the hand and body movements. Some did the movement without singing the words. And then there were a few who just stood there like mannequins.
They looked as though they wanted to be anywhere but there.
I could identify with them. Performing in front of people was never something that I looked forward to doing.
Looking back, I’m glad I did things that were outside my comfort zone. It helped to grow and become more of who God intends me to be.
As adults we still struggle with doing things outside our comfort zone. What if this thing fails? What if no one likes it? What if I’m not any good at it?
Just like the kids performing…we have a choice.
This doesn’t mean that everything is for everybody. We all have different skills and abilities.
It’s up to us to figure out what they are and use them.
We are supposed to be good stewards of what we’ve been given. 1 Peter 4
During fellowship time after church, some of us were talking about how some of the kids didn’t fully participate. Some in the discussion were there during the week and said they participated then. They were perplexed why they didn’t on Sunday.
As I’ve thought about this since, I wondered if anyone bothered to ask those kids why. There could have been any number of reasons, but without asking, we’ll never know.
This also gets magnified as we grow into adulthood.
We don’t want to bother them. We don’t have time. We’re so busy we don’t even think about it. Maybe it’s none of my business.
I’ll never know if I don’t ask.
God made us who we are. It’s up to us to figure it out who that is and use it to make the world a better place.
If you’d like to see the performance, you can watch it here.