Square Peg

A Word For All Those Who Feel They Have Never Quite ‘Fitted In’:

Have you gone through life always feeling out of place. Do you feel that you don’t fit in, that you are different. That the problem goes much deeper.

It is a common thing to feel rejected. When younger it is often hard to feel that you are similar to others.  Indeed it is probably quite normal to feel a bit different. But I am talking about something much deeper.  Not just feeling a bit different but feeling BROKEN. I mean feeling like you stumbled into life and even feeling like you where thrown from a plane.

In these days God is taking those which are rejected by life and discarded and placing them into a position where they feel at home and secure.

But it is God ALONE who is doing this. As people we are weak and often create more problems than we solve. It is time to take our hands of control from off of the situation and let God do what he wants.  But what does this mean. Well it means TRUST.  Can we trust God to turn up. That’s a tough call. In fact there is an example in the story of the raising of Lazarus where He didn’t seem to turn up until it was too late. In fact Jesus had all His followers leave Him and His work appeared to die a death. So TRUST is tough. So let’s be honest... I DARE YOU TO TRY AND BELIEVE AND ACT UPON WHAT HE SHOWS YOU... Jesus said that this was like building upon a rock. We have to much sand and are therefore unstable at times.

We need God’s kindness and patience and mercy. There is forgiveness with Him... therefore He is to be feared. But we have been afraid in the wrong sense of the word. We have a lot of fear. Is that ok.  Well God says DO NOT FEAR. Does that make it wrong to be afraid. It just means that you have something to begin your conversation with, when God comes to you. He said to adam and eve... why are you afraid and hiding. That’s a good place to start but do you honestly think that it will stop God transforming your life with His love... DEATH COULDN’T HOLD HIM!!

Daniel Chuter