When I was three years old, the summer of 1985, I went to Jamaica on vacation. My parents wanted us kids to see their country of origin, so off we went!
On the way to the airport to come home, something amazing happened. We were driving the mountainous journey from Kingston to Ocho Rio, and we stopped high up on the heights. I'd been sleeping, but my sister woke me up to see the AMAZING view! It was sunrise, and we were actually ABOVE the clouds! At that point in my short life, I didn't know it was even possible to be above clouds! In my little head, the clouds and sky were the be all, end all of authority in how high you could go.
But this victoriously and gloriously shattered my notion of height limitations as bright pink cotton candy clouds glimmered way below our car! It's like it called out to my heart that the sky is actually not the limit.
Oh, wow. And you know what? God had purpose in this. He never wastes a thing. He made sure this would happen so He could speak to my young heart in a way I could understand. See, growing up had its hardships. There were lots of ways I put limits on myself. We often had little, as far as material possessions. There were definitely times when I would get a huge opportunity and feel like I didn't belong. I loved going to Duke, but there were times when I felt out of place. Even now sometimes, I feel like I don't belong if I go to alumni events. Or sometimes I feel unworthy of certain friends, certain men, certain jobs.
What a crock. :)
God is the maker of the heavens and the earth, so His is the only opinion of authority. And you are His precious kiddo! Not even the clouds can keep you earthbound! And all the money, glitter, and things that people build up in their minds about what makes someone worthwhile are just clouds! Aka, gas. Hehe.
You, beloved person, were made to soar! You are made in God's image, and some silly societal construct cannot change that. It's hard to get the lies out of your heart when you've grown up with them, but that's where God's miracle power comes in. Ask Him to show you the truth.
I had this dream once that illustrated His brilliant power to change my point of view. It started out like a crime drama. I was sitting in an upstairs bedroom with this girl, who was supposed to me my kidnapper. I was terrified of her. She sat on a bed several feet away from me, breathing threats to me by calling my cell phone, because she was too much of a coward to threaten me to my face. After some time of fretting, I realized I was not, indeed, tied in any way to the bed upon which I sat. Just as I saw this, a "dragon" came into the room. And by dragon, I mean a line of people wearing these ridiculous dragon masks. I was like, "Was I supposed to be afraid of this?" Then I realized that the door was OPEN! Ha. I got up and left.
I went downstairs. There I saw a guy who represented God. He had a phone as if He'd been trying to reach me. I came in, and He said with a hurt look, "Why didn't you call me?" I could have asked His help at any time, but I was too busy avoiding the phone because I feared my enemy kidnapper.
I turned around to go into the hall by the door, and I saw police officers taking my kidnapper out the front door. To my starry-eyed surprise, she was not who I thought! She was a small, frail girl of about 4 feet with twisted legs and club feet. When I had been upstairs, though, she'd looked very different to me. Yet in reality, she was smaller than I am, and she couldn't even walk!
All this to say that if you have any barriers you feel are keeping you low, ask God to show you the reality of them. They are under your feet for sure. And then let Him show you how you actually soar above the clouds with Him! For anyone who calls on Papa God for help, your inheritance (which you receive NOW) is to walk above the circumstances! JOY!
Happy cloud soaring!
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