Welcome to the Freak Show

Several years ago I saw a skit on Saturday Night Live that was about two VERY normal people on a first date.  Both dressed in beige, drove their brown Chevy Novas to a mid range restaurant, ordered their meat medium with ranch dressing on their salad.  Listening to lite rock they cranked their volume up to 5.  You get the picture.  So there we have an extreme picture of normal and it feels pretty boring.

   

We all have our things.  It's what makes us unique.  Some of these things we share, others we keep private.  Of course some people let their uniqueness run amok.  Some people like this others do not.  How about a t-shit that reads, "I don't like Unique People.  I'm different that way."  That could be a million dollar idea.

We are all freaks in one way or another.  It's just that some people don't let their freakishness show. 

God Uses Freaks.  Our freakishness, our individuality, our uniqueness is what sets us apart.  For each of us God has a purpose.  It is a unique purpose for you and you alone.  If each of us were the same, then anyone could take your place.  Someone can fill in and take your spot, but it will never be the same.  

When King David was fleeing from Saul he gathered the other outcasts and from them formed an army.

There were outcasts in the desert.  David said you have a place with me.  In the same way God tells all of us that in our uniqueness, in our freakishness, we have a place and a purpose.