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You get the drift. Not exactly a car a 50-something professional likes to hop into on her way to work at the psychiatric hospital\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve noticed that it\u2019s not as if this car is simply OUR FAMILY\u2019S dumpiest car ever \u2013 but that wherever I go – grocery store, hospital, church, restaurants – the car is always THE DUMPIEST in the entire lot! I sense extra eyes on me as I, a (hopefully and somewhat) accomplished looking middle-aged woman, climb into a beat-up, 20 yr. old coupe that screams \u201cHIGH SCHOOL!\u201d I keep wondering what they are thinking about me and I find myself wanting to shout to perfect strangers, \u201cIt\u2019s not mine \u2013 it\u2019s my teenager\u2019s car!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first I found it funny and laughed it off when people\nlooked at me slant eyed. But lately, I\u2019ve noticed a little corner piece of my\nsoul that\u2019s not okay and it\u2019s been feeling a lot like embarassment<\/em>. And that\nreality has been hitting me hard. Paul and I have prided ourselves in kissing\nmaterialism good-bye and it is one of the main themes of my upcoming book. Why\nin the world do I suddenly care about the car I\u2019m driving?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m completely flummoxed by my own insecurities and ashamed\nthat I\u2019m dealing with something I thought I killed and buried 20 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sermon I used to preach to the kids has been echoing in my\nhead: You do NOT need to impress others. \nYou are completely who you are with or without any\n\u201cembellishments.\u201d You are smart,\nbeautiful, important and good \u2013 and it matters NOT what you do or don\u2019t have. Your true friends are those who love you for\nwho you are deep down \u2013 not how you present yourself or how impressive you\nappear. They love you just the way you\nare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahhhhh \u2013 there, Cindy,\nthat is the message. Who you trying to impress anyway? Who cares what other\npeople think? The only people that matter are those that know you and love you\njust the way you are \u2013 no matter what kind of piece of crap car you\u2019re\ndriving\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So this past week I drove the crap car to work with the window down the whole way. I wanted to check my hair before getting out of the car, and when I flipped open the mirror, lo and behold, this is what I found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nClearly, my teenage daughter had put it there for herself to serve as a powerful reminder she didn’t need to worry about appearances, but dang, I sure needed this message, too! I needed to be reminded that God loves ME more than I can fathom and that my value and worth have absolutely nothing to do with the house I live in, the clothes I wear, the college degrees I\u2019ve earned, or the cars I drive. God doesn\u2019t see any of that. He just sees me<\/em>. And He calls it beautiful<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We cannot impress our way into the kingdom \u2013 it is simply a\ngift. God looks at us and sees all the dents, the dings, the scratches and many\nhard-earned miles and doesn\u2019t care. He\nsees beyond all that and says, \u201cYou are enough. Just you. I love you just the\nway you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, we could just run out and buy another car and get a new\nshiny impressive one \u2013 but we also have THIS saying in our house: Just because you can afford something\ndoesn\u2019t make it right<\/em>. MAYBE, just MAYBE God wanted us to drive a crap car\nfor a while to really contemplate our inherent worth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because that crap car has been a beautiful reminder of God\u2019s\ngoodness and mercy and that I need to do NOTHING to impress Him, we are STILL\ndriving the crap car all over town! It reminds me that God sees my soul and\ncalls me worthy<\/em> despite my sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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