We spend so much time trying to fit into standards and measures preset and predetermined by the world. We try to mould ourselves into what the world will accept or approve of. We take the focus off being we should want to be approved by.
The “world” dictates what’s sexy, and what’s not. What’s hot and what’s not. What cool and what’s “gwash” ( :) ). It’s so easy to fall in the trap of worldliness because it’s in our nature to want to belong and to be up to date with trends and follow the crowd, when really we should STAND UP and STAND OUT for something. Most people would rather be lost in the crowd somewhere and blend in with the wallpaper, EVEN when they don’t agree with something.
Standing out and being different isn’t always easy. More often than not, there is resistance from people because people are so used to being “like everyone else”. Even when you do the right thing amid “wrongdoers” you will probably be known as the “goody-two-shoes” but the point is at the end of the day, you aren’t doing things for man’s approval but everything you do is a performance to an audience of one: for God. People can say whatever they want (and they will always have something to say!) but if you do right by Him, nothing and no one else should matter.
The truth is, unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it. Only dead fish “go with the flow”.
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
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