What's Your Flavor?

I heard an interesting concept today that resonated in my heart.  I was talking to a woman who I have never met (imagine that) who I was ordering an item from and she said that each person is a “flavor” and flavors attract similar flavors. So when you come across a person who you have never met but feel you have known forever the explanation would be that you are the same flavor. She and I are the same flavor. Are you following me? Often times we feel left out of groups of friends because our flavors don’t mix well with theirs.

And so we have the cliques. The definition of a clique is a close group of friends or coworkers with similar interests and goals, whom outsiders regard as excluding them. I know personally how painful it is to be on the outside of those groups, that was mainly in my youth but as I have gained some wrinkles and hopefully some wisdom, I have also found how liberating it is to be on the outside as well. Being on the outside looking in I’m free to be the person who God has called me to be. My flavor is a bit spicy, after all, I am from Texas! This helps me understand when the group gets tighter as I walk past, it’s not that they don’t like me, they just don’t appreciate my flavor.

I would like to encourage you all to look around you with this mindset, are you surrounded with people who are the same flavor or do you feel like you are the only flavor of your kind in your entire area?

If you are one of the fortunate ones who has many of the same flavors who you find fellowship with easily I would like to encourage you to remember that just because someone has a different flavor than you doesn’t mean it wouldn’t enhance your own, what might you be missing out on by not adding a little “spice” to your life?

And if you are a spicy girl like me I would like to encourage you to remember that you are not alone. You were not a mistake. God didn’t want the world to be an all vanilla world, He likes the spicy stuff! Pray for Him to lead you to someone whom you can fellowship with and He will, might not be in your area, but He didn’t make us to be alone. Also remember that the unusual spices are not frequently used, they are often placed on the back of the spice rack, take sage for example, but it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without it. Each one has a purpose. We all have a purpose.

There’s nothing wrong with being vanilla, but have you ever had Mexican Fried Ice Cream with cinnamon and pinch of cayenne pepper. I’m just saying, it’s vanilla but so much more!