Turn it upside down

Do you remember those old cartoons that, had the villian in it that would pick on some pour scrawny soul and he would turn them upside down and shake out the money and other items in their pockets? I remember this one, I think it was a Goofy, and Pete cartoon, from Disney. Well I remember this one specifically, because Pete, began to pick on Goofy, and he picked him upside down and shook everything out of his pocket. I remember that random items began to fall out of goofy's pockets. It was everything from a live chicken, to a grand piano.

I say all of this for one reason... God sometimes brings people into our lives, that challenge us and poke us, prod us to become something bigger then ourselves. They move into our lives, and push us and inspire us, to purse God more passionatly!

While they don' t always seem to tell us the things we want to hear they tell us the things that we need to hear. We hope that friends step in and say all the nice things and give us the nice " warm fuzzies". They don't always do that! A reall friend steps in and turns you upside down, and beging to shake all the, junk and the funk, out of your life. They see the potential that is in you, they just have to shake all of the other stuff out of the way, so that you can see the potential in you! Sometimes there are things in you that you didn't even know were there!

When you find a friend like that, that will, come in, pick you up, turn you upside down, and shake the HELL out of you! You hang on to them! And don' t let them go, because most people don't have the nerve to challenge you! Because they are too afraid of hurting your feelings, then telling you what is on the inside of you, that is KILLING YOU!

When you find them you hold on to them! Then you find someone, and help them get the mess out of their lives, and become something better then themself, and become who God called them to be!