How well do you know yourself?  Well?  Not so well? It’s an important question…so let’s talk about it. 

Cartoonist Thomas Nast was once at a party with some close friends, when someone asked him to draw a quick caricature of each person present. He obliged. Then he passed the sketches around for everyone to look at. There was a lot of laughing and joking.

Then something unexpected became evident. While everyone recognized the others instantly, few recognized themselves at first glance. Hmm. Interesting, isn’t it?

When it comes to ourselves, we often have a blind spot. That is, we fail to see ourselves as others see us. We fail to recognize our most obvious traits: our strengths, weaknesses, and mannerisms.

So I pose these questions to you today: What two words would you pick to describe yourself? What two words might your best friend pick to describe you? What two words might God pick to describe you? And how would you account for the difference?

It has been said, “If I saw myself as my friends and others see me, I just might need an introduction.”

In Genesis 1:26, God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us.”  Maybe that’s our first clue as to whom and what we really are.

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