Be YOU!

Someone said to me this week that they wished they could be more "together" like me.  This made me laugh because this person thought I "had it all together." I could not have been feeling futher from this image she had of me!  I informed her that at that that morning alone, I could not find my checkbook, the pants I wanted to wear, or my camera SD card.  Oh, and my house was a crazy mess and I was feeling like I was drowning in my "To Do" list.  I went on to tell her that I constantly struggle to keep up and am usually one step behind.  After unloading my shortcomings of the moment, she told me how good it was to hear this.  For a moment, I wanted to say, "I'm feeling like a failure, and that makes you feel better?!"  Yes, I admit it....I struggle with moments of feeling like I am failing at being everything to everyone.  Trying to be the best wife, mom, teacher, student, daughter, friend....wow, the list is to long to list. Then it hit me....The appearance of having it all together is deceiving!  When you look at someone else's life and you wish you had what they had, keep in mind that you do not know what they are dealing with behind closed doors.  They may be struggling with issues in their marriage, finances, or families.  They may battling internal issues such as depression or low self esteem.  What you see on the outside just means they can pull it together long enough to make you think they have it together.
God made me to be compassionate but he didn't make me the most organized person.  He gave me a sense of humor but he didn't give me the greatest fashion sense....although it is developing. 
So the next time you look at someone and wish you had it all together like them, they may be looking at you wishing they had it all together like you.  Be yourself....work on being the you that God made only YOU to be!
Growing up, I used to sing a song and the lyrics are, "He's still working on me. To make me what I ought to be. It took him just a week to make the moon and the stars, the sun and the Earth and Jupiter and Mars. How loving and caring he must be, cause he's still workin' on me." No matter how old you are, He's still working on you! Seek out what God wants you to be and you will find that you will no longer look for yourself in others. 


Romans 12:2 (New International Version)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.