It’s Okay to be Weird: Be the Light!

The Scripture describes us as “Light of the earth."

We are a city set on the hill that can never be moved, neither can our light be dimmed or placed under a bushel.

What do you do when men see you as awkward?

“Oh, no. You mean that ‘Jesus-girl’ or that ‘Jesus-boy’? Or you mean the ‘Pastor’?”

Do you feel ashamed of being reckoned as one of those “church people"?

Or are you tempted to hide your Bible for the fear of being known and called by your own identity, a Christian?

Do you place the blame on your principles and standards instead?

My personal view is that, as I grew up and learned more about Jesus, I had some principles that guided my life.

Please don’t get me wrong; the principles weren’t to segregate me from others or to make me see myself as better than others — NO, far from it!

As a young believer in faith, I had just begun to know God more. I just started feeling some nudges and prompts to do, and not to do.

So, for example, while I see others cheat in the exam hall, I wouldn’t talk to anyone, even though we were friends. Our friendship ends in the exam hall and resumes after we leave the hall. 😅

Of course, I got a lot of criticism and hatred. I was called a lot of names, too, by my peers!

“Let he who wants to me first ‘count the cost’”

So Jesus had said,

“Any man who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is unfit for the Kingdom of God.”

Undoubtedly, there is benefit in serving Jesus.

But narrow is the way; and only a few tread on it, which leads to eternal life.

If you decide to follow Jesus, you’ll be hated, mocked, chastised, and called a lot of names — I wouldn’t mince words with you.

But Jesus encourages us and tells us to “Rejoice” when you pass through them.

Matthew 5:11-13 NKJV“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”

Joy Forever More

Rejoice, for you are known by your Father in Heaven.

Rejoice, for your name is written in the book of Life.

Rejoice, for we have already overcome.

Rejoice, for Jesus has remnants and faithful servants who have not bowed their heads to Baal, and we have been chosen by His mercy to be counted as one of them.

Rejoice for you are God’s and He is yours.

Psalms 16:5 NKJV[5] O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot.

© Anya P.C.