You ever meet a brother or sister in Christ who is just miserable all the time? It's like you have to count how many times you see them smile. It just drives me bonkers, because I want to say:
1. Man it must be hard knowing you are going to heaven... BUMMER!!!
2. Wow Jesus is your Savior! That's tough.
3. You get to speak to the Creator of the Universe any time you want... you're so worn out from talking huh?
4. Your life has purpose...let me guess you are just so exhausted from telling people about what God has done for you!
5. You know that everything in your life will work together for good.. I don't know how you are surviving this Christian life!
COME ON!! I just gave you Debbie & Donald Downers 5 amazing reasons to be happy in the Lord! Is life easy? No! Do we all have days where were sad, mad, annoyed, frustrated, discouraged, lonely, misunderstood etc? YES WE DO! And that is okay because that's just the way the ol cookie crumbles. You are allowed to be human, but in my opinion if you are unhappy all the time then you need to make an appointment with Jesus. You need a serious date with God! Galatians 5:22 says that JOY is a fruit of the Spirit. So if you are walking with God it should be evident. This is no pat on my back but there have been times in my life that I seriously had a hard time looking around and finding something to be happy about but I always knew I could find something awesome in the Lord. He's got the joy you need but you have to get it from Him. What if you saw an advertisement about a church in your area and the people were pictured like this?
I'd be at that open house, let me tell ya! Why is anyone going to want to be a Christian if they know you and know you are never happy? Lost people are looking for happiness everywhere in everything. You know the One who made JOY! Come on pal! Turn that frown upside down! Get off the discouragement couch! Shake off those feelings of misery! You belong to God! He loves you! You can be happy! Go look in the mirror and say: I am awesome! Life isn't that bad! When life gives you lemons, just start throwing them at people. Hahah JK!
Me: "Hey, I decided I was going to take tuba lessons!" My friend: "Oh wow that's super lame, whyyyy?"
Sometimes in life you're gonna realize people just gon hate, it's cool! This post is all about when you decide you want to change & be different, and people aren't happy for you! Man I wish I could say that I never acted like that jerk who gets the ugly dumb look on their face, like heh? I have, but the older I get the more I realize I want to be happy for other people when they want to be different, change a hair style, wear white shoes after labor day... STOP!! I was kidding about that last one...that's NEVER acceptable! =)
I remember when I was younger and I decided that I was going to wear my hair in a side pony and my sister was like UMMM PEOPLE DID THAT LAST YEAR!! Ohhh well I just caught on and I really think I look cool, so let me DO MY THING!!!!
Why can't we let people be divergent sometimes? We just think we are so awesome, and maybe we are but still! If you want to start wearing preppy clothes, GO FOR IT! If you want to take those clarinet lessons, YOU GO! If you want to stay home every weekend and watch old black & white movies DO YOUR THING!! If you feel the need to collect horse figurines and even wear a horse sweater, hey I aint hatin on you! Just no animal noises, that would be a no go! One day you wake up and you feel like talking like you're from England. THAT'S COOL TOO! If people aren't breaking God's rules and they're just being a little different every once in a while, then embrace your friends. Don't be a joy kill.
Embrace your inner explorer! Embrace your inner accepetor<<< new word. I think. ;)
Don't let anyone make you feel stupid for wanting to open a Doritos factory! The nacho flavored ones are profound!!!!
Disclaimer* If your friends are getting on your case because your acting "different" meaning you don't want to go to church that much, you started dressing like some huzzy or slob, you think cursing is cool, you started hanging around a strange crowd. This blog isn't for you... that's for another day. You're letting sin dull that sparkle.
