I am sitting here staring at a blank piece of paper. It is wonderful. It is potential. It is something grand waiting to happen. It is a poem or perhaps an essay. It is a Pulitzer prize waiting to happen. There is a wonderful children’s song that goes something like this. “I am a P. I am a PO. I am a POT. I think you know where it is headed. While a child is not a blank they can indeed be molded, inspired and transformed into something marvelous by recognizing and utilizing their talents.
I bristle when I hear people trying to motivate children by telling them they can be anything they desire. All they have to do is want it bad enough to work hard. That is just not true. There are limits for everyone. I never could have been a gold medalist marathon winner at the Olympic Games. I didn’t choose the right parents. My legs are too short to compete with long legged runners. I have IQ limits that keep me from being another Einstein. I have creativity limits that keep me from being a Shakespeare.
But what we all can be is far more wonderful than any of the above. We all can be citizens of God’s Kingdom. We can all live forever. We can grow forever and surely then there will be no limits because time will no longer be a limitation. We can all have our sins forgiven. We can all learn to be the kindest, most caring person in our environment. Those wonders have no connection to our short legs or average IQ. What we are is a “POTENTIALITY.” We have no idea how wonderful we will be.
Written by Roger Bothwell on October 24, 2013
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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