A Place to Belong

I have a pretty good idea of who you are.
Here are my findings:

You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worried and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself on being an independent thinker and do not accept others’ statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

Does this sound accurate? Does it describe you?
It should. It describes everyone.

Ok, so I obviously didn’t write that. It was quoted from a book I’m currently reading, You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney. And he didn’t write it all, either. The statements were from a 1948 experiment by Bertram R. Forer, created from a bunch of horoscopes. And now that credit has been given…

Did you notice one of the most common things in there? A need for others. An insecurity as to what they think. Everyone has them. Everyone has the question of who they are, where they fit in the world. Now let me tell you something- your place is decided, and it’s very important.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope”

-Jeremiah 29:11

God knows where he wants us, where we’re going. He knows how things are now, but His plans for the future are for good things. His place for us is, well, a hopeful future. The real question is how to get it. Part of this is to start working. Not getting a job, but starting to form your future. God will work with where you go. The other part is to ask Him. As odd as it may be, He has a plan for you, and He can tell you what it is through opportunities.

Whenever you feel like you don’t fit, just remember that everyone’s been there, and everyone’s supposed to be where they are.

~ by wrigr11188 on March 8, 2012.