Growing up, I was not particularly popular. I wasn’t a cheerleader. I wasn’t athletic. Music was a foreign language to me. I never was invited to pledge for a sorority in college. Even at family gatherings, I felt out of place.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
It took a lot of years for me to “grow into my skin” – mostly because I fought hard to be someone I wasn’t and never would be. From my physical appearance to my likes and dislikes, I was a square peg in a round hole. I even turned my back on my Savior at one point because I didn’t want others to think I was a Jesus freak.
You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.”
Psalm 139:1
Thankfully, my Savior never gave up on me. He never turned his back on me. He never unfriended me when I said or did something with which He didn’t or wouldn’t agree. Instead, He waited patiently for me to come to my senses. Every now and then, I would pause long enough to hear him calling my name letting me know He still loved me and would not give up on me even when I wanted to give up on myself.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
I’m still just an average person, living an average life by the standards of this world. And that’s OK. Christ knows me. He knows my heart. I am comfortable now in the skin with which He blessed me. I no longer care about being popular or being one of the crowd. He has shown me fitting in with Christ’s Kids is far more satisfying and fulfilling than fitting in with the so-called cool kids.
Just for today, focus on who Christ has made you to be rather than what the world says you should be.
For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26
Have a blessed day!
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