different AND equal...

once again, well said estee!

one of the things that jaden says every night when we pray together is "thank you Jesus for making me special"

i will FOREVER teach my children to celebrate their differences....not to feel that they need to learn to fit in with others, but instead, to teach others about what makes them special.....to celebrate diversity & to show others that being different is a what it's all about.....that the fact that God made us each unique, one of a kind, different from ANYONE else - indicates we are wonderfully made!

To Each His Own

I cannot change the way I am,
I never really try,
God made me different and unique,
I never ask him why.
If I appear peculiar,
There's nothing I can do,
You must accept me as I am,
As I've accepted you.
God made a casting of each life,
Then threw the mold away,
Each child is different from the rest,
Unlike as night from day.
So often we will criticize,
The things that others do,
But, do you know, they do not think,
The same as me and you.
So God in all his wisdom,
Who knows us all by name,
He didn't want us to be bored,
That's why we're not the same.

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