Gigi's Blog

Being short-sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad.

visioncgbc | August 12, 2008 07:21

I’ve never been bothered by the fact I’m short.  Meagan has always been bothered by the fact she’s short.  I’m not sure why.  The down side of being sort used to be purchasing clothes in the petite section. Like as in me and my grandma buying clothes out of the same dept. Those clothes were overpriced and usually a bit outside what I considered age appropriate for me.  But now they have what’s called (short) when it comes to sizing in most stores.  So, I guess Meagan just doesn’t like it.  Who knows?  Maybe she had her heart set on playing in the WNBA??  Meagan, remember Mugsy Bougues. Maybe Meagan is uncomfortable with her 8 year old sister being as tall as she is.  I remember when we'd go to theme parks when Meagan was little.  In order to get her on the ride we'd put her hair in a ponytail using a scrunchie and pull it on top of her head to make her look taller.

Another problem with shortness is when I attempt to share through songs and teaching.  My lessons for Vision-too long                                                                                        Songs-I’m always told they need to be shortened                                                      Devotions for work-Told they are devotions, not sermons

Sorry.

Sometimes it’s hard, or seems hard for me to share the greatness of who God is in a shortened, condensed version.  But Greg reminded us all Sunday that the focus is God, not our abilities that change us or anyone else.  What did the apostle Paul say he preached? I Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

So in that aspect of sharing it is short and simple.  Christ crucified.  If you are struggling in sharing the gospel, or struggling to accept the gospel, you base it on "Christ crucified."  There's nothing else to add to it. There's a lot of falsehoods (OK, lies) that say you could do anything to earn or be worthy of the love of God-you can't.  You already are loved-but because of "Christ crucified."  As Greg said Sunday, It's not at all about knowing about Him.  It's all about knowing Him.

Oh, I forgot one:

“Gina, your blogs are as long as books.” GGGGRRRRRR.

General | Next | Previous | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Comments

I am to___________

Holly | 08/12/2008, 08:30

I don't think we are ever satisfied truly with who we are, but its when we find our confidence and contentment in (not in how he made us) but why He made us. His purpose for shortness, over weight, too tall, wearing glassess, being bold, being humble you name it! He wired us with the intentions of us using us for His glory~ see you at Joyful @12:05 of course:) love you mean it....did I mention we had reservations at Liberty Tree Tavern at 6:00?
Add comment
 
Accessible and Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS
Powered by LifeType - Design by BalearWeb - Hosted by New Technologies.