Last week we ended with me promising to discuss not having the “perfection” trait. That instead of this trait, you’d consider yourself, well, a wee bit messy. What then? The answer is simple! God is our Father and has so many traits we could never identify with, right? And just as we may not inherit each and every one of our parent's traits, so too, we won’t each inherit the same traits from our Heavenly Father. Each of us is uniquely and wonderfully made in His likeness.
“I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.” Psalm 139:14
"So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis 1:27
So if you have the trait of spontaneity and you live as a creative free spirit, then you may not also have the trait of perfection. It’s the same as having either blue eyes or brown eyes because having one of each is not widely thought of as perfect (but clearly unique if you have two different eye colors).
My parents were entirely different in many ways, sleep patterns were just one of their many different traits. My father was an early riser, you know “early to bed, early to rise” sort of person. While my mother was considered a “night owl” and she was just getting revved up when it got dark. I’ve always been like my father very “early to bed” and automatically wake up incredibly early. Two of my brothers are early risers, the other four siblings enjoy and flourish in the evenings. Well, you get what I’m saying.
Physical characteristics are usually a combination of your parents too. And should you be adopted, not knowing who your parents are or you just don’t look like either of your parents—you do look, and are beginning to act—more and more like your Father and your spiritual family! That’s something wonderful, right?
Just for your information, there’s a beautiful transformation that’s taking place in the faces of each of you, whether anyone has noticed or not. When someone new joins our Ministry Team, we ask for a picture and I love to put them side-by-side— looking at the one they submitted when they first came to the ministry (broken and without hope) and once they really saw their HH as their Lover. It’s uncanny how different they look.
I noticed this same thing in my nieces as you may have already read in two of the Salvation Stories. First, it was my sister-in-law who noticed the transformation in her youngest daughter, Teen Suicide Prevented. But then, if you could see the difference in her older sister, Friend's Love Contagious, wow. All I can say, in all honesty, is that my niece is beyond stunning since her transformation! You can tell just by looking at them who they resemble! No, they no longer look like my brother or sister-in-law. Both of them now look like their Heavenly Father.
Today, it’s common to be told to “just be you,” which is, actually something we can agree with. It’s a lot like when someone suggests you move on and find someone new. We can agree... knowing we have found Someone new—Someone who will transform us. His love will bring out the best version of you—far different than you or anyone could ever have imagined!
“My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8–9
“I send [My Word] out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. You will live in joy and peace…These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of My power and love.” Isaiah 55:11
Read PRAISE 
that Encouraging Women post on our Encourager about having a Heavenly Father #HF.
Unleashing the TRUTH
“For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” Jeremiah 29:11
https://biblia.com/bible/niv/Jer29.11
All my life I have sometimes looked to others for validation, wondering if I am doing things right and if I measure up as a mom, wife, friend, or sister. The Lord has taught me over the past few years, though, that I need to look to Him and listen for His still, small voice to guide me into what is right for my family and me. I have found that comparison kills my ability to be the best God wants me to be. When I constantly turn to the right or the left, comparing myself to others, I can’t see what God has for me.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6).
I decided to trust God’s best for me and my family. Leaning on Him and do not trust others’ understanding, or even my own, unless it is grounded in the firm foundation of Scripture. Sometimes we can look too much to respected individuals’ advice. We might even look to good Christian books when we want to change a habit or enhance something in our lives. These can be helpful, but they don’t take into account our uniqueness.
As women of God, we have unique struggles, passions, interests, and gifts we can learn from and share with our children and everyone around us. Enjoy what God has given you and seek Him in your struggles. Trust that He has put you on this path. Trust that what He is teaching you is for you and your family.
You do you with Him!!
I am loving this new stage in my life were I accept how He made and resembling more to Him!
My dear friend: do you feel like your life is too messy to be used by The Lord? Is your marriage, child, thought life, anxiety, depression, disorganization, or insecurity too difficult a puzzle? Maybe, if you get your life together first, Our Beloved could find some beautiful purpose for you?
Sweet friend, those are lies from the enemy, spoken to you with the intent of making you ineffective for God.
Our Beloved is bigger than your problems, and He wants to use you amid your struggles to bring Him glory. In fact, God often uses our hurts and failings to produce His greatest work in us!
You are loved by a perfect God that designed just the way you are! He will lead you to Him always!
“We owe what we are to God. He created us through Christ Jesus to do the good that God himself marked out for us as a standard of conduct.” E210
I am grateful to my Husband for the distinctive traits that He has given me and through which He makes me see that I am similar to HIM, every time I get to know Him more and follow In His footsteps, imitating His way of being and acting, I see myself more like my Father, and I love it!! This lesson allows me to see with mercy and kindness all those who are different and have other distinctive features, I must confess that many times instead of appreciating those traits I criticized and judged their behavior, I was bothered by people who slept late and who had a hard time getting up early, but it was just my arrogance saying “look at me, I do get up early”, how foolish! But now that my Husband has changed my thinking and given me a heart of flesh I can see these people with love and appreciate their free and creative spirit, because yes, as Erin says, they are generally the type of spontaneous people, which is a trait I don’t have and that sometimes makes me uncomfortable, but I can appreciate both and see that our Beloved puts people like that in our lives to complement us and enjoy each other. Getting up early doesn’t necessarily have to be the rule for everyone, the important thing is that everything we do glorifies God and each one has grace for one thing or another, so I just have to appreciate all the good in people, I will once again keep my own “measuring tape” for others!!