A lesson from the Wemmicks

Have you read You are Special by Max Lucado before?

I love this book so much.

If you have read it too, you know about the wooden Wemmicks.

These Wemmicks give each other gray dots if they do something “lame”.

And they give each other gold stars if they do something “cool”.

Public judgments, with stars and dots for everyone to see.

But Lucia is a special Wemmick.

She doesn’t have a single dot OR star on her!

The reason?

Lucia honestly does not care about the other Wemmicks’ judgments of her.

She learned that caring what other people thought gave them power over her own emotions and actions.

The gray dots and gold stars have no power over her.

And why doesn’t she care?

Lucia knows who created her.

I have always loved Lucia’s powerful example of not caring what other people think.

Which surprisingly includes when people praise us as well as when they criticize us.

She knew whose opinion actually mattered!

This reminds me so much of those who were partaking of the fruit in Lehi’s dream and then looked over to the people in the great and spacious building.

“They did point the finger of scorn at me and those that were partaking of the fruit also; but we heeded them not.” (1 Nephi 8:33)

The laughter and mocking from the great and spacious building didn’t matter.

That is often easier said than done.

It’s tough to just try and convince ourselves “to not care”.

Cuz… we all do. At first.

But the key to not heeding the judgments from the big building for a super long time?

Learning more about our Creator.

Reading His word and feeling of His love.

And then enjoying the delicious, peaceful, joyful fruit of that focus.

Everyone else’s opinions and actions and judgments just seem to matter a little less.

“We will heed not what the wicked may say, but the Lord alone we will obey.” -Hymns, “Let Us All Press On”

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black