I had waited and waited for this day....the day I could wear my Big Bird costume to my 2nd Grade Halloween party. I had even talked my mother into letting me only wear my cute flowered undies underneath my costume! I was set for a great day as Big Bird. See....when I was in the 2nd grade, that would have been...oh...let me see.....1982 or so. And back in the 80s costumes weren't the cloth things we have now. No, they were totally plastic-the spandex of the 80s. And they had these hard plastic masks that were held tightly to your head with this string of torture. But it was worth it...to be Big Bird for the day-the ultimate to a little 2nd grader.
The day went great. Cupcakes with little sugary pumpkins, orange popcorn balls (my personal favorite), and so much candy corn that I felt like I would literally toss my cookies! WELL...it was great until the fateful 'Playground accident'. I was doing my usual on the playground: running around terrorizing the little boys. And then it happened...I hear this RIP!!!! And then I feel the breeze, and I know that the unthinkable has just happened: I HAVE TORN MY BIG BIRD SUIT. Oh...I was so mad. I waddled to my teacher...waddled because now my cute flowery undies were fully exposed. And I told her about the horrible tragedy, and she just told me to take it off. I then had to explain that I had no other clothes on besides...yes, you guessed it...my cute flowery undies. WELL, the problem was quickly, yet not fashionably solved with some...ok...A LOT of masking tape in a very strategic area.
Why do I share this fateful event with you? I was thinking in my car (which I often do...sometimes at the expense of safe driving!) and thought about how often we set off to school in our plastic costumes. We don't look like Big Bird, but we definitely try to look like someone we are not. We say things we would never say, do things we would never do, and all the while this little 'suit' that we were is tearing until one day we are standing in the hall and our real self...or our 'undies' is revealed. We try to fix it, but like masking tape, it only holds for so long. We find that we can't keep up the act...we either need to decide to be real or to get a different costume.
Why not just go as yourself tomorrow to school? Why not realize that you are a precious child of God, and that you are no longer your own, but Christ's? Why not live the way that will make you and him happy? Why not just be yourself...and stop trying to be the life of the party. It will save you a lot of heartache. Just be real. Jesus will step in and do the rest through you. Wouldn't that be awesome?
The Lord bless you and keep you,
Tiffany
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