God did not make my hands to fit a lap top computer.  I am trying now to put a little something here while in Fort Worth.  My youngest and I came to help his mother take care of her mother after an operation.  We spent the afternoon running errands around the house as well as around town.  It rained.  Actually it would be more accurate to say it came a flood.  We got soaked while trying to get back in the car during a deluge.  That does not take away from the very cool experience of singing "American Pie" with him while driving.  You may know it is a very long song from my youth.  He knows the words so we sang together while tooling around the city.  He may not appreciate my singing but I did enjoy ours.  Now he is sleeping so it seemed a good idea to try to put something here.  Maybe someone will stumble around and see it.  


Anyway, my point is that my hands and fingers are not made for a lap top.  They really don't do well with a desktop computer.  Typing is not one of my best attributes if there are any. Some can zip along on the keyboard without really even paying attention.  My hands are somewhat small while my fingers are short.  You add to that how my fingers are bent from playing sports and you get the idea.  Maybe there are some things that He wired me to do well but this is not one of them.  But you will still find me in a feeble attempt to avoid using spell check too often.


We really have a problem within the church today that is similar.  Stereotypes or expectations get in the way of genuine living.  Believers are supposed to all act alike, talk the same, and basically be the same person repeatedly.  You may find this hard to believe but that happens to me a lot.  Ok, that was a cynical statement.  But more than a few people insist on a minister behaving in one  singular fashion.  We are to mow the grass while wearing a suit or we drone on in a deep voice while calling everyone brother or sister.  I missed that part of the contract.  I know too many men who struggled with the human aspect of church life.  We aren't the only ones who have that problem.  


God makes us all different.  That is an intentional act on His part.  We waste far too much time in conflict over how we are different rather than having a gratitude for His grace.  It is much safer just trying to mimic another person than to find what God wants for us.  It is much easier to compare our lives to others than to own what He gives to us.  Our failure in this matter is huge.  We become boring and complacent rather than discover our unique calling.  This is much more than knowing our spiritual gifts.  This is about the core of who we are.  God help us be less judgmental and more joyful in our individual path of life.  


Bro. Trey