In a cartoon drawn by Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace was standing in front of his mother, who was sizing him up with her usual perplexed look. Dennis was wearing skates, a fireman’s hat and a super hero’s cape. He was holding a hockey stick and a guitar, and a soccer ball was right beside him. Dennis explained, “I couldn’t decide what I wanted to be today.”
While we have some decisions to make about how we use our spiritual gifts, we don’t have to worry about what to be today. 1 Corinthians 12 teaches us that the church is like a body that consists of many different parts. Verse 18 says, “But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.”
God has taken a lot of pressure off of us by making us the way we are. As we use the gifts and talents that he has given us, we don’t have to be confused about who we are. We are just who he wanted us to be!
Jesustrek 
Hi, Tom,
I’m always encouraged when a DENNIS panel used to emphasize a positive point…as in your article today. I took over drawing the daily DENNIS panels from Mr. Ketcham back in 1995 when he retired. I was at a low point in my 21 year freelance career when I saw Hank on a tv interview.
He mentioned that he would like to retire IF he could find someone to draw DTM. I immediately got his phone number and called him in Monterey. I told him that I was an artist in NC and would love to have the opportunity. After mailing some samples of my work, he agreed to train me to take over the dailies. Another artist, Ron Ferdinand, draws the Sunday Dennis, and has since 1982.
I would be happy to send you a large print of the panel that you referred to in your piece…signed to you. Just let me know your address.
Best wishes and God’s blessings,
Marcus Hamilton