Back in the 1980s I HAD to have “the” pair of jeans everyone else was wearing. I can’t recall if they were Jordache or Gloria Vanderbilt or what, that I pleaded with my mom to go purchase for me. And they couldn’t be just any fit. Oh no! They had to be so tight that I would lie down on the bed to zip them up. Lord help me. If I were to demand those types of jeans now…oh my…there would be some extra packaging for sure. LOL!
Fitting in was important to me. Being that I lived out in the country, compared to most of my other friends, I was always a bit different. I was like a rollercoaster in fitting-in fashion. I remember loving my moccasins, which no one else wore. And one time…I shake my head just thinking of the outfit now…I was stylin’ a yellow and pink ensemble which included a feminine tie down the front of the shirt. I wore that outfit with pride as I was daring to be different.
Fitting in and striving to be different…Oh, the struggles of preteen and teen years.
Now…I’ve gradually and graciously learned that I DO want to be different.
Another memory of years ago was with the Amy Grant song, “Father’s Eyes”. That song was a testimony for me. The struggles of teen and young adult years were real, and although the world would pull at me, I DID strive to have the eyes of my Heavenly Father. Still do.
There is a current song out, by Micah Tyler that speaks to me as “Father’s Eyes” did to me years. (See the music video and read the lyrics below.)
In a world where we have so much diversity, yet folks desiring to fit in, I pray that you will desire to be more like Christ every day, and let others see the difference in you.
Today is Good Friday. Why not make the change NOW to be more like Him. It would make for a Glorious Good Friday.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2
Blessings to you and yours,
Stephanie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUT4trsrBCw
Different
Micah Tyler
I don’t wanna hear anymore, teach me to listen
I don’t wanna see anymore, give me a vision
That you could move this heart, to be set apart
I don’t need to recognize, the man in the mirror
And I don’t wanna trade Your plan, for something familiar
I can’t waste a day, I can’t stay the same
I wanna be different
I wanna be changed
‘Til all of me is gone
And all that remains
Is a fire so bright
The whole world can see
That there’s something different
So come and be different
In me
And I don’t wanna spend my life, stuck in a pattern
And I don’t wanna gain this world but lose what matters
And so I’m giving up, everything because
I wanna be different
I wanna be changed
‘Til all of me is gone
And all that remains
Is a fire so bright
The whole world can see
That there’s something different
So come and be different; oh-oh
I know, that I am far, from perfect
But through You, the cross still says, I’m worth it
So take this beating in my heart and
Come and finish what You started
When they see me, let them see You
‘Cause I just wanna be different, ye-ey
I wanna be different
I wanna be changed
‘Til all of me is gone
And all that remains
Oh is a fire so bright
The whole world can see
That there’s something different
So come and be different
I just wanna be different
So could You be different
In me
Songwriters: Micah Tyler Begnaud / Kyle Lee
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