It is by God's design that no one is quite like us. (even my twin and I have major differences!) We live, love, and walk with God, all in different ways.
And we serve God and neighbor in different ways, too.
No one has ever lived the life you have lived before, and no one ever will. It is this fact that sometimes makes us fearful for doing the wrong thing, making the wrong decisions, and not loving others "correctly."
If no one has ever been you before, how do you know if you are being you "correctly?"
A hint comes in the parable of the talents, found in Matthew 25: 14-30. The man who gives each of his servants talents (a unit of money equal to about 15 years of earnings by a day laborer) was very upset with the servant who hid his talent out of fear.
The other servants went out and doubled what the master gave them and then were entrusted with more. They did this instinctively; they were not told what to do, they were just given the money.
God does a similar thing in us. God has entrusted us with much (gifts, skills, resources, etc.) and we are to faithfully respond to that trust. We need not, and shall not, live in fear of what God has given us, God trusts us too much.
So live into what God has given you, you don't have to be afraid.
See you Sunday!
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