BobHunt
26th December 2005, 10:47 PM (22:47)
"Living In Your Sweet Spot." He says golfers and tennis players understand that term. But you dont have to swing a bat or a club to know this. What engineers gave sports equipment, God gave you. A zone, a region, a life precinct in which you were made to dwell, and life makes sweet sense when you find your spot.
He says that if you havent found it, you are like 70 per cent of workers today.
In this book, Max wants to help us find our you-niqueness. He wants to help us find our niche in life. He wants to help us find out what we do best and build on that. There is only one you! After God made you, He threw away the mold. There are people that only YOU can reach. He says "You can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can do it."
I want to write one chapter, entitled "use your uniqueness TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF GOD every day of your life. Here goes:
Tucked away in the cedar-chest of my memory is the image of a robust and rather rotund children's Bible class teacher in a small West Texas church. She wore black eye glasses that peaked on the corners like a masquerade mask. Silver streaked through her black hair like a vein on the wall of a mine. She smelled like my Mom's make-up and smiled like a kid on Christmas when she saw us coming to her class. Low-heeled shoes contained her thick ankles, but nothing contained her great passion. Hugs as we entered and hugs as we left. She knew all six of us by name and made class so fun we'd rather miss the ice cream truck than Sunday School.
Here is why I tell you about her. She enjoyed giving us each a can of crayons and a sketch of Jesus torn from a coloring book. We each had our own can, mind you, reassigned from cupboard duty to classroom. What had held peaches or spinach now held a dozen or so Crayolas. "Take the crayons I gave you, " she would instruct, "and color Jesus." And so we would.
We didnt illustrate pictures of ourselves; we colored the Son of God. We didnt pirate crayons from other cans; we used what she gave us. This was the fun of it. "Do the best you can with the can you get." No blue for the sky? Make it purple. If Jesus's hair is blond instead of brown, the teacher wont mind. She loaded the can.
She taught us to paint Jesus with our own colors.
God made you to do likewise. He loaded your can. He made you unique. But knowing what he gave you is not enough. You need to understand why he gave it: so you could illustrate Christ. Make a big deal out of Him. Beatify his face; adorn His image. The next few chapters have one message: color Christ with the crayons God gave you.
Dont waste years embellishing your own image. No disrespect, but who needs to see your face? Who doesnt need to see God's?
Besides, God promises no applause for self-promoters. But great reward awaits God promoters: "Good work! You did your job well!" (Matt 25:23) My teacher gave us something similar. Judging by her praise for our sketches, you'd think Rembrandt and van Gogh attended her class. One by one she waved the just-colored Christs in the air. "Wonderful work, Max Just wonderful!"
I smiled the size of a cantaloupe slice. You will too.
(note- When I read this, I immediately thought of all of us here, on this message board. Most of us have arrived here from totally different backgrounds. Most of us have our "suitcases packed differently" as Max says. Some of us do not see eye to eye, some disagree. Some think this is more important, while others think that something else should take priority. The example is plain to see. Each one of us are soloring Christ. Not allof us have the same colors, but every one of us is working as hard as we can to make Christ's face beautiful! God has given us all different skills, gifts, talents in order to do this and they arent all the same. You do your job uniquely ( is that a word?) no one else can do it like you or as well as you can.
If this is so, and I feel that it is, then we owe each other not only respect, but love and encouragement. Encouragement to do our best! Ahh folks, get this book.....this is only one of the first chapters, it gets even better further on.
I could say so much more.....but then I would spoil the rest!
Hans, if you read this, it would be another book to really help you!
He says that if you havent found it, you are like 70 per cent of workers today.
In this book, Max wants to help us find our you-niqueness. He wants to help us find our niche in life. He wants to help us find out what we do best and build on that. There is only one you! After God made you, He threw away the mold. There are people that only YOU can reach. He says "You can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can do it."
I want to write one chapter, entitled "use your uniqueness TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF GOD every day of your life. Here goes:
Tucked away in the cedar-chest of my memory is the image of a robust and rather rotund children's Bible class teacher in a small West Texas church. She wore black eye glasses that peaked on the corners like a masquerade mask. Silver streaked through her black hair like a vein on the wall of a mine. She smelled like my Mom's make-up and smiled like a kid on Christmas when she saw us coming to her class. Low-heeled shoes contained her thick ankles, but nothing contained her great passion. Hugs as we entered and hugs as we left. She knew all six of us by name and made class so fun we'd rather miss the ice cream truck than Sunday School.
Here is why I tell you about her. She enjoyed giving us each a can of crayons and a sketch of Jesus torn from a coloring book. We each had our own can, mind you, reassigned from cupboard duty to classroom. What had held peaches or spinach now held a dozen or so Crayolas. "Take the crayons I gave you, " she would instruct, "and color Jesus." And so we would.
We didnt illustrate pictures of ourselves; we colored the Son of God. We didnt pirate crayons from other cans; we used what she gave us. This was the fun of it. "Do the best you can with the can you get." No blue for the sky? Make it purple. If Jesus's hair is blond instead of brown, the teacher wont mind. She loaded the can.
She taught us to paint Jesus with our own colors.
God made you to do likewise. He loaded your can. He made you unique. But knowing what he gave you is not enough. You need to understand why he gave it: so you could illustrate Christ. Make a big deal out of Him. Beatify his face; adorn His image. The next few chapters have one message: color Christ with the crayons God gave you.
Dont waste years embellishing your own image. No disrespect, but who needs to see your face? Who doesnt need to see God's?
Besides, God promises no applause for self-promoters. But great reward awaits God promoters: "Good work! You did your job well!" (Matt 25:23) My teacher gave us something similar. Judging by her praise for our sketches, you'd think Rembrandt and van Gogh attended her class. One by one she waved the just-colored Christs in the air. "Wonderful work, Max Just wonderful!"
I smiled the size of a cantaloupe slice. You will too.
(note- When I read this, I immediately thought of all of us here, on this message board. Most of us have arrived here from totally different backgrounds. Most of us have our "suitcases packed differently" as Max says. Some of us do not see eye to eye, some disagree. Some think this is more important, while others think that something else should take priority. The example is plain to see. Each one of us are soloring Christ. Not allof us have the same colors, but every one of us is working as hard as we can to make Christ's face beautiful! God has given us all different skills, gifts, talents in order to do this and they arent all the same. You do your job uniquely ( is that a word?) no one else can do it like you or as well as you can.
If this is so, and I feel that it is, then we owe each other not only respect, but love and encouragement. Encouragement to do our best! Ahh folks, get this book.....this is only one of the first chapters, it gets even better further on.
I could say so much more.....but then I would spoil the rest!
Hans, if you read this, it would be another book to really help you!