Today I want to revisit a topic that I have talked about several times but it was the real driver that started the Minion so I think it's worth looking at again. I want to talk to you about the Box. What is the Box? Good question. For me to answer that, I need to step back a several months.
Sometime around the end of May of last year, I was out walking down the Trinity River in Fort Worth. At that point, I was really hurting because I wanted companionship so bad and I couldn't find it. I was in the midst of finalizing my divorce which I have said may represent the greatest failure in my life. My ex-wife and I had not been companions for many years and I really wanted that companionship. I was lonely and it was not a fun time. On top of that, I went through an emotional transformation that let all of the emotions I had closed off for many years out of the box at the same time. I was not a pretty sight. Well in the midst of this great change in my life, one of the most rewarding things I have ever done was birthed - this blog.
As I started to write, I found an outlet for many of those emotions that I really didn't understand. For the most part, I didn't want them and didn't think I needed them. As I began to write these, the Lord showed me something that has revolutionized my life and I think I need a revival of this in my life.
See, God showed me something about how he does things. In particular, he takes a box. Now as I was walking that day, I saw it. It is silver with a red ribbon around it. The box and the lid are wrapped separately so that when you take the top of the box off, the ribbon and bow are still on the top while the wrapping paper and ribbon are still on the bottom as well. It is truly a beautiful looking present. God takes the lid off of this box and he starts loading it with all sorts of good things. Once he is finished, he puts the lid back on and sends it to the earth as a present. So guess what he puts in the box. He puts in all sorts of wonderful gifts and amazing talents. He puts kindness, compassion, love, generosity, and all sorts of good things inside this box. He truly loves the people on the earth and he wants to bless them.
Now because He loves people so much, He is constantly sending these boxes to the earth. He takes great care to make each one unique and each one is perfect in his eyes. Then after he has added His tenderness and joy to this gift, He sends it to the earth. Do you know what he calls it? He calls it - YOU! He cares so much about others that He sent you here and when He did, He made you perfect in His eyes. There are so many times that other people look at us and we may feel like we are inadequate or inferior in some way but we don't look at ourselves like God looks at us. The Bible says, He is love. Now we love people in many different ways. We love our friends, we love our family, we love our children and we love that special someone in our lives but He is love. We use love as a verb. For God, it's a noun. It's who He is. And He is incapable of doing anything but loving you. No matter what you think or others think, the creator of the whole universe thinks you are really special. He thinks you are amazing and he intended for you to be a gift to the people around you. He intended for you to be a blessing and He equipped you to do just that. If you think you are not capable of blessing others, that is a lie from the devil.
So as you look at yourself, know that God made you the perfect Box full of all sorts of talents, abilities and capabilities. Don't let anyone tell you any different!
Now I want to take this one step farther and leave you with this. You know that person you don't like very much. You know who I'm talking about. The one who annoys you at school or the one at the office that just drives you up a tree. Yup that's who I'm talking about. God sent them to earth the same way he sent you and me. He made them perfect and gave them amazing talents and abilities. If this person doesn't particularly act right toward you, try to look inside them and see some of the good things that God placed inside them. How about the person that everyone else calls a loser? God made them too and He made them unique. Guess what? God has never ever made a loser. He doesn't know how. So when you see someone struggling, try to look inside their box and see the good things God has placed inside them.
That's another Opinion of the Minion
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