dare to be different
I was in a leadership class sometime this year and we were given a group assignment with the title Dare to be Different. We all worked seriously on our assignment and had to do a presentation on it. Same topic but different people. There were seven groups and each group had a completely different contents from the other and the presenters also had their own unique way of presenting. This shows that we are all children of God but differ in our thinking, in our mannerism, in our speaking and in our actions. In dealing with the topic, most of us because it was a leadership class looked at it from the point of view of people who dared to be different and made a mark, like Caleb and Joshua, Joseph, Daniel, David and many others in the bible. In this article I am taking a different angle.
I was in a leadership class sometime this year and we were given a group assignment with the title Dare to be Different. We all worked seriously on our assignment and had to do a presentation on it. Same topic but different people. There were seven groups and each group had a completely different contents from the other and the presenters also had their own unique way of presenting. This shows that we are all children of God but differ in our thinking, in our mannerism, in our speaking and in our actions.
In dealing with the topic, most of us because it was a leadership class looked at it from the point of view of people who dared to be different and made a mark, like Caleb and Joshua, Joseph, Daniel, David and many others in the bible. In this article I am taking a different angle. God made each of us differently. We all have different attributes and personality types. Whether a Sanguine, Choleric, Phlegmatic, or Melancholy, we all have positive and negative traits. When I was growing up, I had so many hang-ups about myself. I didn’t think I was beautiful. Many people said I looked
like my brothers and I translated that as looking like a boy. Instead of taking it
as a compliment since I have handsome brothers, I took it negatively. Looking back now at my pictures, I see a really pretty girl who didn’t have a clue that there was beauty in her. Although I am a fully grown woman now, I realise that I still have issues. I feel I am not outspoken, I don’t like the sound of my voice when my recordings are re-played, my arms are too big etc etc. Getting involved in women’s ministry has thought me many lessons. I come across people who look at me and think I am all well-put-together.
Some tell me I am very eloquent and they wished they were as brave as I am. Of course they don’t know I have to take some water to calm my nerves before I climb the podium or at times how shaky my legs get. I have learnt that indeed there is
nothing new under the sun and the problems we think we have, someone else has it ten times over. We have to learn to turn the supposedly negatives we have into positive. 2 Corinthians 12:10 says “when I am weak, then I am strong”. My favourite mantra is “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength”.
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