Called to be different

I am different.

I love drinking hot coffee on an 80 degree day.
I'm obcessed with Panera and I eat there 4+ days a week.
I'm kind of a health nut...okay a supperr health nut.
I'm 18 years old (finally) and have always felt out of place.
I hate compliments a lot...
I have never drank or smoked throughout high school.
I have friends from all different groups, faiths, and backgrounds.
I'm 5'10'' and hate my tallness.


But above all I love God and everything that He is and stands for.  His grace and mercy in my broken life is something I'm not sure if I'll ever fully comprehend.  His love is teaching me and transforming me from the inside out with every passing day and making me new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

As Christians, I believe we've been called to be different.  To make a difference with this life   whether that's to change the world on a global scale or to impact one other person.  Reach out to that person in your life who needs guidance.  Love those who have hurt you as God loves you. Through His love, we have been made new and the old is fading into the background.

Hold fast to your beliefs, your morals, your code.  God has called us to believe and to shine into a world caught up in the darkness we've created for ourselves. 

Called to live His love out in our lives, we need to be different than what the world wants for us.

So live your life without holding back, love without fear and recognize that YOU were born for a reason. YOU are loved. YOU are called to be different.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will." -Romans 12:2