Square Pegs...Round Holes

There are times in our lives when we might each feel like we just don't fit in.

At times I feel like this...(feeling a bit like that right now really)

The picture above is a great illustration of what it means when you do push too hard to fit in...cracks appear, and it becomes uncomfortable for you, as well as the mold you are attempting to fit into.

I am guessing we have all felt that from time to time....

It doesn't matter how hard you try, you can push and squeeze all you want, you just don't fit the mold.

I have been thinking about this a lot today, and it has caused me to consider what does one do when you just don't fit, no matter how hard you try.

I reckon it comes down to the why.... why are we trying to fit in, when we may have been called to stand out.

Funny....

Nevertheless, it hurts like crazy at times to be the one left out, because you don't quite fit in.... but where would the world be if we were all the same, if we all just towed the line..... if we just lived our lives to please others when God called us to live for Him and stand for Him even if it means an awkward life that has cracks around it.

The other thing about this, for me at least, and maybe you, is that my own self perception, you know the way I see myself, is often very different to the ways in which others see me.   

People form opinions about us that may be correct, and just also may be incorrect.

How would they really know anyway, without a relationship with you personally.

So here's my take on this... as a Christian Leader... it poses a few questions....

What does God say ?  

What did He call you to ? 

What did He call me to ?

Am I doing what He called me to do ?

If I am not doing it, what can I change to align myself with His will for my life ?

Am I trying to please other humans ? or to please God ?

Am I looking for the applause of others or the smile of Jesus ?

depending on how we answer those questions will determine whether we are creating cracks around us because we don't actually fit in ... or whether we slip in nicely to the environment we are in and its all smooth sailing.

here's a thought: from the old book....

Psalm 139

1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.      2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.      3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.       4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.       5 You hem me in behind and before,and you lay your hand upon me.      6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.    7 Where can I go from your Spirit?      Where can I flee from your presence?      8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there, if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.     9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,    10 even there your hand will guide me,  your right hand will hold me fast.       11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”      12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.      13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.    14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,  I know that full well.         15 My frame was not hidden from you  when I was made in the secret place,  when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.      16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.      17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God! How vast is the sum of them!        18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.       19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! 20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.      23 Search me, God, and know my heart,test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me,and lead me in the way everlasting.

Of course we are able to twist scripture to suit us... but the truth is still the truth... round peg, square peg or whatever we find ourselves looking like these days, we need to live out our lives as God intended for us, for me,  even if it means we feel like we don't fit in anymore.

Just my thoughts about life today for me. 

(maybe for you also)