Do you remember that time when your uncle orchestrated the
wildebeest stampede that murdered your father and then told you it was your
fault so that you would run away and doubt yourself and your abilities for the
rest of your life?
No you don’t. That happened to Simba.
But.
You can probably relate to him on a basic level.
There is something
that happened to Simba the 90’s dream lion that I think has happened to a lot
of us.
In the midst of supposed failures and a desperate search for
who his peers and culture thought he was supposed to be, he lost who he
actually was. Mm. Well. He didn’t lose it. He just forgot it.
Fortunately for all of us, a crazy stick-wielding baboon and
a swirling-clouds-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-apparition of Simba’s father, Mufasa each had a heart-to-heart with him reminding him to…
I’m going to remind you of a few things I know for certain
about you, things you might have forgotten. Or, maybe things you have never
been told. And then, I encourage you to cling to those things and move forward
with confidence in who you are – not who culture tells you to be.
You are:
-Spectacular and unique, gifted with talents and skills that
could change your world.
-Loved. Even if you don’t feel it/believe it, whoever you are, I promise that you are loved. And, if you don’t believe me, let’s talk.
-A human made by the same God who designed everything from supernovas to the tiny whatchamacallits that make up atoms. Not only were you designed by Him, but you were calculated in each step of the creation process to look like Him and reflect Him. Ain’t too shabby.
-By nature of being human, not alone. There is someone else dealing with the same things you are, and they’re probably closer than you think. But, if you can’t find them, there is a God (the One mentioned previously) who became man for a time and suffered through the glory and agony that it is to be human so that you could always go to Him, because He gets it.
-To die for.
-Loved. Even if you don’t feel it/believe it, whoever you are, I promise that you are loved. And, if you don’t believe me, let’s talk.
-A human made by the same God who designed everything from supernovas to the tiny whatchamacallits that make up atoms. Not only were you designed by Him, but you were calculated in each step of the creation process to look like Him and reflect Him. Ain’t too shabby.
-By nature of being human, not alone. There is someone else dealing with the same things you are, and they’re probably closer than you think. But, if you can’t find them, there is a God (the One mentioned previously) who became man for a time and suffered through the glory and agony that it is to be human so that you could always go to Him, because He gets it.
-To die for.
Ok. That’s that. I have a lot and a lot more to say. But
chew on this and let me know what you come up with. Those things I just said
were true of you. And if you can process through them and own them, there’s nostopping you.
Remember who you are. Not who you think you’re supposed to
be.
