Today I was sending a friend a
text about my upcoming book signing that will be held in Sweetwater, Texas and
another one in Andrews where I graduated from High School. I shared with my
friend, "I never feel like I meet up to the expectation that I place on
myself. I am always stretching to be better at each thing I do, whether it's
writing, singing, playing the piano or cooking. I always seem to fall short of
the mark I have set. Most of the time, I fall way short of that mark."
This caused me to start
thinking about the giraffe. The
giraffe is the tallest land mammal. The male giraffe can grow up to eighteen
feet in height, with the female only slightly smaller. Their neck span can be
up to seven feet long. This doesn't keep the giraffe from trying to stretch
even taller in order to retrieve food that is seen high up in the trees. The
male will stretch as far as his neck will allow him to in order to retrieve
food. In doing this the giraffe is in search of the most nutritious leaves it
is able to find. The female will settle for food that is slightly lower in
order to keep from having to stretch, thus making both animals satisfied with
not being in each other's path.
It is my desire that I will
continue to have the drive to learn to write, spell and correct my grammar more
proficiently each time I write. Most important, however, is that I share the
gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that others can understand and come to know the
Lord as their Savior.
I want to be like the giraffe; always
stretching for the most nutritious food, never settling for anything less than
the most nutritious things the Lord places before us each day.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But
shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
( II Timothy 2:15-16)
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