We all REALLY want to believe that we are unique. That we are individual snowflakes shaped by our journeys, our culture, our experiences. Well, here’s the truth… if we are so “unique” why are there only 16 different personality types? http://www.quistic.com/personality-type (look it up)
That’s right. You, my very unique human are similar in what we define as our most unique of all characteristics, our “personalities”, to quite a few other humans. How many you ask? Do the math… As of 2017 there were an estimated 7.53 BILLION humans on this planet, now, divide that by 16… the horror! Your personality, isn’t all that unique.
Any whoo…. so, what is it? What makes you, you? Do you even know? Scripture tells me, that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Created in the image of my Creator. Now… those words weren’t jotted down for just little old me. We were all fearfully and wonderfully made, “knit together” is how it’s described. See… that’s where we have a difficult time with the God-thing. We really do want to believe we’re special because of US. I, want to believe that I’m special just because I’m me. Because: I’ve lived here or there, done this or that, listen to this, save the planet, eat meat, eat veggies, paleo, vegan, gun-owner, gun-hater, I’m white, I’m black, I’m brown, I’m jewish, I’m American, I’m Cuban, I’m a Floridian, I’m a woman, a parent … you name it. We want to sincerely believe that what makes us special is what WE knit together. How dare this unforeseen force that claims to be God tell me that the only reason I’m special is because HE knit me together? HE created me? Many of us scoff at the idea, and roll our eyes at the audacity of it. That’s what makes me sincerely intrigued by us humans. How we fight against what’s in front of us simply because it would require us to know, that we know, that we know… that we are simply not that special. It’s in HIM knitting us together that makes us so very valuable and so very precious. And a huge percentage of us… hate that.
See, the very concept we fight, the idea of being created… is the very concept that defines why we really are so special. Think about it. Baking a cake. Right? Individually the ingredients aren’t all that special. But… when mixed, sifted and put together just right… the cake is delicious and can be beautiful. You, my not so “unique” human were put together beautifully. However, we rage against that creator because we think HE’s not enough. We think there should be MORE, it cannot be that simple. But, here we are with only 16 personality types for a planet with 7.5 Billion humans. Honey… you and I are a cake. What makes us so special is that we were put together by a creator that loves HIS creation. HE knows how delicious we are, and that when we fully embrace our purpose we show off HIS handy work. HE’s a heck of a baker.
We’re all different flavors… but we’re all cakes.
Just a slice from my brain for you to chew on.