The Outsider

Going against the flow. It's not usually something that we try to do. Well, not most of us. Most of us want to belong. We want to fit in, to have a purpose, to make sense of it all. But many of us find that difficult. Especially those of us that are trying to live the life that Christ has asked us to live. Have you ever felt like you just don't belong? Felt like you are doing everything "wrong" or just swimming up stream against the flow of culture, the pressure of friends, the "popular" thing or way of life? That you are one against the world, the only one standing out? If you are a Christian, this is good! You should feel this way. The world is against everything that we are for. We should be the bright lights in the seas of darkness. However, we should not feel alone. We should stand together. We should shine together. We should "swim" against the stream of culture together. It may be difficult, and the world will push against us all as hard as it can. But it doesn't realize that we have the creator of the universe helping propel us on. And that, my friends, is something that makes us a force to be reckoned with.