Is Anyone Normal????

Some of the ladies from our quilting group at church made a trip to Frances' Fabric Shop in downtown Graham last Tuesday. We sold cookbooks as a fund raiser and of course we had money in our account and it was burning a hole in our pocket. (Just kidding) Anyway we decided to go to the fabric store and buy material to make more prayer quilts for the people that need one and this is a great time to buy during the clearance sale. If you haven't been to Frances' store you need to make the trip to Graham, it is well worth it. There is also a little gift shop there called "The Vineyard" and we always have to stop there also. I always find something I can't live without and of course Tuesday was no exception. As we were looking around I found a coffee mug that I felt instant repoire with so to speak and I knew the girlfriend that was there with me would feel the same. I got it off the shelf to show to her and although we laughed it brought tears to her eyes just the same because it rings so true with the both of us.

We laughed at the saying on the cup but at the top of the cup around the rim it says, "This above all to thine own self be true." Even though it seemed funny to us, it applied so well that I had to buy us both one. When I brought it home I showed it to my husband and he said, "We all feel that way 99% of the time." I was really surprised he felt that way, then I showed it to my oldest son and he said, "Boy is that the truth."

After I thought about it for a few days I came to the conclusion that there probably really isn't a norm for all of us. There is what we term normal behavior and bizarre behavior but God never really made us to be cookie cutters of each other. Look at all the different kinds of flowers, grasses, trees, fish, animals, colors, landscapes and the list could go on and on, that he created. Each of us has our own special DNA, none of us were created the same. We were created in his image to be like Him, not like one another, so what we consider to be normal exhausts us in trying to maintain. With that being said, I think I will learn to relax more about what feels normal to me and thank God that we weren't all made exactly the same but we can have the assurance that he loves us all the same.

But isn't this just the coolest mug? : )