I was watching a re-run of The Andy Griffith Show last week over the Thanksgiving break. It was one of my favorite episodes. Here is the basic premise of the episode: The Mayberry choir has an opening for a tenor and Barney volunteers to join the choir. After just a few minutes of practice it is clear that Barney can not sing. But the big problem is that Barney thinks he is awesome, but no one has the heart to tell Barney how bad he is.
That got me thinking about some of the things I write about on this blog like passion, calling and faith. I write alot about finding what you were created for. Are you doing the thing that God uniquely designed and gifted you to do? We were all given unique gifts and placed in unique circumstances and life experiences so we can have the impact that God intended for us on the world around us.
If you are doing what you were created to do you know it and everyone around probably does too. If you aren’t doing what you were created to, even if you don’t know it, I can almost guarantee that the people around you know that you are doing the wrong thing.
So, are you being a “Barney”?