Have you ever felt like you were not allowed to make mistakes? Have you ever felt pressure to be perfect? Have you ever put a mask on because you felt like people wouldn't like the real you? That's exactly what Isabella is feeling like. She sings all about it in the song "What Else Can I Do?"
Isabella is the
eldest child in Mirabel's family. Her gift was she could make flowers. She is
called the "golden child" by Mirabel. She was viewed as beautiful and
perfect by many in the town. As the oldest, she was expected to marry and have
more children who would also carry on with new gifts to help the town.
That's a lot of
pressure. It's no wonder she sings this song. She made a flower that wasn't
perfect. It was sharp and different. There's a line in the song that says:
"What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect? It just
needed to be? And they'd let me be?" Isabella is crying out that she just
wants to be herself. When I was a teacher, I used to tell my students all the time that they should be
themselves because there's no one else like them. They are unique. I also tell
them it's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes help us learn and grow.
Psalm 139:14 says "I praise you, for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very
well." We are wonderfully made. All different. All unique. All loved by
God. God is so creative that he made each of us different. We have his
creativity in us.
Why should we
put so much pressure on ourselves to be perfect? We can never reach perfection.
We will fail if we try. God doesn't ask for perfection. He asks for growth. He
asks that we trust Jesus as our savior. He asks that we use the gifts he has
given us to reflect his glory. Why should be try to be like someone else when
God loves us just as we are?
So, are you
wearing a mask? Are you using your gifts to reflect God's glory? How can you
use your gifts to reflect God's glory today?
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