I often feel as though I intrinsically have something to protect that's so important I need a specialized-overestimated-emotionally-charged-internal-security-system that sounds an alarm when this important aspect of my life is called into question and defends with 'seriousness'.What's all the more interesting is that in any given circumstance or interaction with anyone other than myself I have to be reminded that I don't have to feel like a child. That I am developing talents and abilities to offer others. That the Spirit of God has actually equipped me with gifts able for building up His kingdom.
How does a person feel like a five yr. old sitting at the adult table and simultaneously take themselves unnecessarily serious?
Pride. The underrating of who God has created me to be destructively mixed with an over-saturated attitude of the worldly self.
Imagine flipping those on their faces. Wringing out the soggy view of self that so drains my spirit and being saturating with the fantastic Spirit of God Who is Life.
Seriously, how awesome that would be to maintain that mindset daily. Pretty freakin' awesome if you ask me.
Read through creation and the cross in the Scriptures - you'll be reminded of the uniqueness of the human and the value and love God has for us in both creation and death and, of course, reconciled creation.