Hey there friend!
Well, this has been a very frustrating post to write.
I'm trying to write something fabulous and inspired, yet encouraging and witty. Ha!
All I wanted to do is write a post to link up with Bonnie at
Faith Barista.
It's her first Thursday Faith Jam in months and I want to be a part of it.
Between yesterday and today I've spent a few hours trying to get it typed out and just right.
But now it's all gone. Like deleted gone. And there's no getting it back.
And now I'm
whining keeping it real by telling you what's happened.
So, this is me - I'm being myself.
Not a writer, bothered by my own dumb mistakes, but never a quitter.
I'm taking a deep breath and whispering a prayer that hubby won't mind if it takes a while longer. Hope the game he's watching is a good one. Maybe he won't miss me. *wink*
Anyways, Bonnie's prompt for this week is -
be yourself.
So here's plan B - I'm giving myself five or ten minutes to write and if it's worth hitting that publish button than great. And if not, than I'm hitting delete and calling it a night.
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Sometimes it's hard to be yourself if you don't know who you are. Or what you're supposed to be doing with your life. Or where you're going in life.
But, I don't really think
being yourself has as much to do with your journey in life as it has to do with
who God created you to be.
Did you know God counted and named each and every star in the sky?
They all have names - so they know who they are.
They do what they're supposed to be doing - lighting the night sky.
And I don't think they wonder where they're going in life because they're already fulfilling their God-given purpose and just follow the plan God laid out for them. {ummm, is that spinning or orbiting? definitely twinkling}
All throughout the Bible we see that names and their meanings are important to God. And since He did name the stars when He hung them in the sky, I'd say yea, names are really important to Him.
I recently looked up what my name means and was pretty amazed at how it's meaning matches up so well with my God-given personality.
Here's some of what I found:
Debra - bee
busy
stings
helps
Ann - graceful
gracious
giving
favored by God
It got me to thinking that maybe when my mom & dad were trying to think of the prefect name to give me, God placed in their hearts
Debra Ann.
It went something like...
Victoria Lee? umm, no
Donna Jane? nope
Debra Ann? Yes!
And God smiled at that name because the person He was creating me to be was going to be....
- busy as a bee {I hate sitting still}
- may sting at times {can be sarcastic and speak the honest truth when needed}
- helpful {LOVE to help others}
- graceful {oops! guess I should have taken those ballet classes; not a klutzt; I'd say more of a tomboy}
- gracious {try to be; very difficult when I'm hungry or tired so just get out of my way during those times}
- giving {Love to give to others - goes with helping}
- favored by God {always and all ways}
If I look at it from this perspective then, by the grace of God, I'm doing pretty good at just being myself.
So friend, I believe now more than ever that being yourself is not about
what but
who.
Who has God created you to be?
Have you ever looked up the meaning of your name?
If not, please do. You may be pleasantly surprised like I was at what you'll discover.
If you have a personal relationship with God, than one name you hold for sure is
beloved daughter.
I'll end this with sharing a simple prayer I sometimes say ~
Dear Lord,
Please help me to be
the person You created me to be
when You first thought of me and
placed me in my mother's womb.
Your daughter,
Debra Ann
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Please stop by Faith Barista and see what Bonnie has to say about being yourself.
Since I obviously hit the publish button I'm hoping that there is something here worth reading and somehow God speaks to your heart.... which has always been my main purpose of writing here at
FH&J. Thanks again for stopping by.
Love ya,
