God- the I Am
Apologies if you're offended by some of the wording that follows. My wife posted this earlier this week on Facebook, and ever since reading it, I've been so grateful for it: This morning I asked God to make me awesome. I was like, "Lord, would you please make me strong enough and smart enough and good enough? Make me capable and steadfast and secure and then make me all the other things I'm not and give me everything else I need to be awesome, so I can finally be kickass at life." And God was all, "Actually? I have a better idea... You do you, frail and broken; you be who you are - and I'll do me, strong and whole; I'll be who I Am. And then we' ll kick life in the ass *together*, because when you're not enough, I Am sufficiently graceful, and when you're too weak, I Am perfectly powerful. I don't even need you to be awesome, I just need you to remember that when you're not, it's ok, because I Am on your team." ...