...NOT! This is what I really look like, particularly when I am hiking or doing something nasty involving bugs or snakes or that's really scary and dumb!
See, I have the tendency to forget which ginger I truly am. I sometimes think that I'm that awesome chick from Brave and then I get myself into a bigger situation than I can handle and then I run away crying like I did in the picture when we went hiking through the mosquito filled jungle. I get cocky. I get arrogant. And then I run away.
Because this week I've seen how small and silly I am. I'm the Spanish teacher in the group after all, but I accidentally translated that one of the babies escaped from their cribs instead of saying the baby just broke their crib. I'm weak. I often require water and potty breaks. I'm overly emotional-I've cried three times in two weeks in front of the other workers for no good reason whatsoever.
My weaknesses make me want to hide from the world, like a turtle in its shell, and be safe from mistakes or awkward situations. But God has called me to love Him and to love the people He has made and died for.
Loving people the way God calls us to means getting out of our comfort zone and knowing that we're not perfect, but somehow God uses us anyway. And the best part? When we still do awesome things despite our stupidity, God get the credit for it cuz no one that lame like me could do these things anyway. So knowing that God gets the glory no matter what mistakes I make or how lame I might be makes me want to be brave.
Yay for a brave ginger!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqSs39C3LN8
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