Human Snowflakes

I’m sure we’ve all looked at a snowflake close up before.  Have you ever thought that humans are a lot like snowflakes?  Or at least that we’re supposed to be?  Look at it this way.

What’s the big push nowadays?  “Be yourself” and “Don’t let others tell you who you are” and all that jazz.  I agree, I think everyone should be his or her own person.  But if you look at it, all the people who are pushing for this are all quite similar.  For wanting to be themselves, they all look the same.  And it’s funny, because that’s what they say about everyone else!

What does this have to do with snowflakes?  We are all different.  There are no two snowflakes that are ever the same right?  There are literally an infinite amount of snowflakes, but no two have ever been the same.  Sure, they are all made of snow, and all come from the same place, but each is completely unique in their own way.  Humans are the same.  We come from the same Maker, and of course we’re all human.  But after that, each of us is different. That guy on TV or down the street or selling T-Shirts or part of that non-profit organization doesn’t need to tell you how to be yourself!

We don’t need to be different per se…. we need to be like Jesus!  Am I saying we should all be the same?  No, even though we should all follow the same person.  By becoming like Jesus, we are unique because we are living up to the distinctive task God has created us for.  As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.  For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.”