I LIKE ME !!

Recently I was waiting in line at the store and as I usually try to do I let 2 ladies go in front of me.  They had less items than me. I was then forced to listen to the most odd conversation coming from them ever. First off, let me say I am not so sure they were not a couple but that is another story for another day!

 Lady #1 was telling the story of her new jewelry purchase. I could tell by the way she was talking that it was in her tongue. Now I will admit I am not a modern woman in the piercing world. But do people with pierced tongues not realize that they talk like Scooby Doo? Lady #2 was telling her she would not regret it. By looking at all the soup she was buying I'm thinking she was already regretting it.

Why do people think they have to physically change themselves? Now don't go thinking that I am condemning piercings.  I am NOT saying this is wrong. I just think people should love themselves for who and what they are. For the most part I think I am a Mature woman. Now you could probably ask the church youth group and they would disagree but I think I am mature. Maturity comes, in my opinion, when you are happy with who you are, regardless.

My sister-in-law worked for the GBI as a Morgue photographer and she says that those tattoos and piercings do not stay where they were put the older you get.  A friend of mine brought this question to my attention....Do you think that Sir Isaac Newton figured out the law of Gravity by watching the womens bodies of his day?  It's simple gravity, People!!!!  I think if I got a tattoo I would have it placed about 6 inches higher than that actual spot I want want it.  Now that's planning ahead!

I will admit I have had the thoughts of getting a tattoo.  Maybe the words "YOUR NAME" on my rear end.  Then I could say to someone....I bet $10 I have "your name" tattooed on my rear end.  EASY MONEY!!  Not really but there was a brief moment when I considered having Tommy's name somewhere out of sight, of my Mama, of course.  I then realized that I do not need his name tattooed on me when he has the most vital part of me.....my heart.   Maybe that is we go wrong.  We are more worried about how we look on the outside that the things on the inside are left neglected.  God doesn't make junk we make junk out of what God makes.

I am happy with who I am....a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend,  but most importantly a Christian.  I do not need to impress anyone.  People who really love me, love me for who I am....ME. 

I don't need the paraphenalia to like myself.  My ears were pierced when I was 12 and most days I forget to put in earrings (thats 45 seconds longer I can sleep).  I will admit to recently purchasing several pairs of earring to fill up the super cool "SHABBY CHIC" earring holder I made from an old door frame.  But really all I need to wear is the attitude of "How can I let Jesus Love you through me?"  I should be an instrument of God's love in the lives of those around me.  I can do that by....offering an encouraging word.....a helping hand......a sacrificial gift, like sharing my lunch with a co-worker who forgot theirs.  Better yet, take the guesswork out of this and go straight up to someone and just ask..."How can I let Jesus love you through me today?"  And then do it.

The Bible says in James 2:14-17... What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

When you are a Christian it is a good feeling to like who you are.  You should strive for this everyday.  I can wear my faith on my religious t-shirts, WWJD bracelets, Bible verse tattoos or cross hanging piercings but unless I actually DO SOMETHING it is all for nothing. 

"Excuse me?  What was that ma'am?  I'm sorry I do not know what aisle the Scooby Snacks are on.  Yes,  I will be glad to tell your friend that you will meet her at the MYSTERY MACHINE."