No Average Guy

I never want to be average.  I was reminded of this as I waited in the doctor's office yesterday. 

There were people from all walks of life, all ages, all attitudes, all economic situations, nine different ethnicities, and six different languages. There were people of different sizes and body shapes, people with varying states of mobility, some with trivial health issues and some with terminal ones. 

There were people with money problems, health problems, attitude problems.  People transfixed by their phones, desperate to connect with anyone in the world who wasn't in the room. 

This cornucopia of humanity made me realize that 'average' doesn't exist . . . . humanity is far too diverse to be so narrowly defined. And it made me realize that God doesn't love the 'average' person . . . . He loves us all and He loves each of us. 

He loves us despite all our problems and issues and attitudes. And He doesn't desire 'average' for any of us.  His desire is that we each come to a full understanding of who He is and who He has uniquely created us to be—created individually, but created to be in community with each other and with the Living God. 

Focus Scripture: 'This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.'  I Timothy 2:3-4