The Bible does not say you are God's appliances; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced. Masterpieces get hand crafted. God did not make you exactly like anyone else. Therefore his plan for shaping you will not look like his plan for shaping anyone else. If you try to follow a generic plan for spiritual growth, it will only frustrate you. Paul said, " Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." It is time to get free.
-John Ortberg The Me I Want to Be
