Not Normal
This morning after reading My Utmost for His Highest (February 10), I spoke aloud saying, “Why is it so convoluted…the normal thinking person wouldn’t understand a word of it!" Then the forceful voice intruded with: “None of My children are normal thinking!” I had to laugh, and said, “You’re right, Lord!” …
Because we aren’t!…
The author, Mindy Silva, writes about what is normal and what is not. I have said that the definition of normal has been turned up side down in recent years.
So, no, “Normal” is not something we are. We went from the world’s “normal” to uncommon…uncommon Christianity…
We don’t even go where “normal” people go! We don’t drink, and we don’t party. We don’t curse and tell people where to stuff it, now do we? (Although some most likely do in the back of their minds!) We don’t envy, we don’t murder, we don’t commit adultery, we don’t worship anything or anybody but Christ…
So, no, “Normal” is not something we are. We went from the world’s “normal” to uncommon…uncommon Christianity.
But Christianity doesn’t allow for a middle road. We can’t please the world by operating as the world does once we know who we are in Christ.
We can’t blend in folks, we are to stand out. This is the gist of Christianity. And that is the difference between not being normal, and trying to be.
We can’t blend in folks, we are to stand out. This is the gist of Christianity. And that is the difference between not being normal, and trying to be.
Jesus taught Christians are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
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