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It Doesn't Require Better Skills, by Ron Rose
In 2004 a low budget, independent film, called Napoleon Dynamite made a
high school misfit named Napoleon into a pop culture icon. In one of
the storylines, Napoleon wants to get a date with a popular girl named
Trisha, but he doesn't think he's good enough. He talks openly with his
new friend Pedro:
Napoleon: Well, nobody's going to go out with ME!
Pedro: Have you asked anybody yet?
Napoleon: No, but who would? I don't even have any good skills.
Pedro: What do you mean?
Napoleon: You know, like nunchuk skills, bow-hunting skills,
computer hacking skills. Girls only want boyfriends who have great
skills.
Pedro: Aren't you pretty good at drawing, like animals and warriors
and stuff?
Napoleon: Yes ... probably the best that I know of.
Try the impossible!
Pedro: Just draw a picture of the girl you want to take out ... and
give it to her for like a gift or something.
Napoleon: That's a pretty good idea.
Truth is, his drawings are horrible, but he doesn't know it. He is
blissfully unaware of the social world around him, but he has an innate
conviction that you have to have skills before anyone will care about
you. Somewhere he has accepted the misconception that love is based on
the right set of skills.
In real life, we struggle with a similar misconception. Deep down we
wonder if we are good enough to be loved by the God who made us. At
times, doubt wiggles its way into our alone moments ... Am I good
enough or strong enough? Do I know enough? Am I right enough or skilled
enough? Am I really worthy enough to be part of God's family, much less
a faith giant in the kingdom?
No! You don't have access to enough "enough-ness" to make it ... but
God does. It's all about him. God has a net of grace that works all the
time in spite of our inadequacies and insufficiencies ... he is enough,
more than enough. So work on; stretch out; try the impossible. He has
the skills.
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(c) 2008 FaithFitness and Ron Rose <ron@faithfitness.net>.
RELATED LINKS:
* Grace
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200704/20070403_grace.html
* Grace is Amazing
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200702/20070219_amazingrace.html
* The Jesus Vibe: Daily Altar of Grace
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200708/20070813_altargrace.html
* Faith Fitness
This article can be found on the web at:
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200805/20080509_skills.html
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