So about a
month ago I started a Mary Kay business. I started to have fun, talk about
great products, make some extra money, and just to get out of my own head. Each week we get points for what we do, 50
points for meeting attendance, 50 points for other things and so on and so
forth. Last week it turns out I shorted myself almost 800 points! I was under
the impression that a sale was 1 point as in you sold stuff you got one point.
But no no no, it is 1 point for each dolor. I sold 800.00 worth of product so I
got 800 points plus 300 more! This made me the queen of sales for the week, and
that was awesome I wont like. But it was not the take away for me.
I have been
chewing on this idea of selling yourself short a lot. I know that I do it all
the time, saying ‘oh I’m not good enough for that
job/class/internship/church/ect’ or ‘oh they are to perfect to be friends with
me’ or ‘I’m so stupid, all I’ll ever be is stupid’. Now I know this is not true
at all, but when you get into a cycle like this it’s hard to get out of it and
thus you continue to sell yourself short.
This led me
to Jeremiah 1:4-1:10, or titled the call of Jeremiah. I keep telling myself especially
in the last year that God does not call the accomplished, or the best or the heroes,
or the people that know what’s going on. God calls the right people for the
right call, and then equips them for the right ministry’s, and develops and
encourages growth of gifts innate within the person.
So many of
our Biblical hero’s where zeros. They told God, so not me I am not worthy go pick
someone else (and then point to someone else). But like God said to Moses, you
are worthy in my sight and I appoint Aaron to help you. God 1, Moses 0. So who
are we as the Beloved Children of God to sell ourselves short? God will take care of you, me, and us as well
as those we have yet to meet.*
*This line inspired by the hymn God Will Take Care of You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijytLs96yig
