Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Are You a Jelly Bean Girl or an M&M Girl?

Crazy blog title today? You’re right. :) It just popped into my head, so let’s go with it.

 How many of you prefer jelly beans over M&Ms?  How many of you like M&Ms more than jelly beans? How many of you like both just as well?


I’m an M&M girl hands down. Never have liked jelly beans. But give me a handful--or a bowlful--of M&Ms, and I’m in heaven.

 So what does this have to do with following Jesus?  A lot.

 God made each of you unique and different from everyone else. As unique and different as jellybeans are from M&Ms.  It’s important to celebrate those differences. But too often what happens is that we want to be just like everyone else. Why? Because we want to fit in. To assure ourselves that we are normal.

 Well, what’s “normal” anyway? I’ll tell you what normal is. Normal is what God says you are. And God says that you are an original masterpiece, different from everyone else. There never has been, nor is, nor ever will be another YOU!  How cool is that!

 The world has its own definition of normal. The world says this:

 ---It’s “normal” to have sex before marriage.
---It’s “normal” to follow the crowd.
---It’s “normal” to be skinny as a stick.
---It’s “normal” to cheat on a test.
---It’s “normal” to gossip.
---It’s “normal” to try drugs or alcohol.

 And on and on and on.

 But God’s Word says this about “normal”:

 ---It’s normal to be pure.
---It’s normal to follow God instead of the world.
---It’s normal to be the right weight for you based on the body build God gave you.
---It’s normal to be honest when taking a test.
---It’s normal to say only nice things about other people.
---It’s normal to stay away from drugs and alcohol, or anything else that could harm you.

 Whose definition of “normal” do you want to rule your life? If you want to follow Jesus, you already know the answer.
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