Besides Jason Mraz... I've been a little semi~addicted to Gavin Degraw... It's freakin' out my sister that I've actually been listening to secular music... besides country, but it's good, and it can still help me evaluate my life...like every other thing has been impacting me....Hmm... What could God be telling me? Does He want me to take a step back, look, at my life, and change it?

In Gavin's song, "I Don't Want to Be", the chorus is:

I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

It sounds pretty prideful of him to say those things... and I would definitely change it to fit my own belief. Yet, I think there's a point. "I don't want to be anything other than me" is an awesome concept. It's definitely not because I or Gavin think that we've reached perfection... Yet, there's an element of individuality. I can't and shouldn't want to be like any of our talented friends or anyone else for things that they do well. God created me perfectly and wonderfully, and He created all of you perfectly and wonderfully. If He wanted two of one person, then He would have created us that way. So, I don't want to be anything other than me; I don't want to be anything other than what God has made me to be and I want to have the purpose that He has for me. I want to play the role in the body of Christ that He has for me. This is not out of pride, it's just a reality ~ a reality that we can try to pursue all that God has for us, embrace the character He desires for us to have, and focus upon that. If we all focus upon these things, then we could say:

I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of God and I have peace of mind
I'm prayin and tryin to find
out what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

Thank You Lord for who You are. You are perfect, and thank You for who You created all of us to be. It is a blessing to know so many of Your awesome creations. Praise You Lord for Your creativity and how You made us all individuals and how we're all the apple of Your eye.