I’m a 45 and Proud of It!

Earlier this year, my job had a theme for each day of the week. Thursday was Jersey day. You could wear jeans and tennis shoes to work if you wore a jersey.  I’m not really into sports so I don’t wear jerseys but I wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity to wear jeans! I asked my cousin Ronald if I could borrow a jersey.  He gave me a Michael Jordan jersey.  I don’t know much about sports but I do know that Michael Jordan’s number was 23! I was a little confused when I saw that this jersey had number 45.  My cousin explained that when Michael Jordan retired and came back, he wore number 45.  I had never seen anyone wear a Jordan jersey that didn’t have a 23 on it. I wore it to work the next day.  I saw SEVERAL Michael Jordan jerseys; ALL had a 23 on the front.  I felt really awkward for a couple of reasons….. 1.) I don’t wear jerseys and  2.)  Mine looked different from everyone else’s!  I took the jersey off and laid it on top of my file cabinet.  As soon as I took it off, every guy that passed my desk stopped to admire it! They told me how rare it is, and many of them said that they had been looking for one! Here I was with something to be admired and I didn’t realize its value because it didn’t look like anything I had seen before!  I left my desk and went to lunch proudly displaying my 45 jersey!!   Each gift and call is different. Many of us don’t fully walk in what God has called us into because it doesn’t seem normal. Don’t put your self in a box.  Stand out!  Don’t be afraid to do what has never been seen.  You might be the difference that the world needs.  There a many 23′s, we need a 45! Be a 45!

Love you 4 Real

Rach-NoAssemblyRequired

1 comment April 30, 2010