Different To Make A Difference!

Every once in a while I have what a few people call "Martha Moments". I get these crazy spur of the moment spiritual ideas. Sometimes I act upon them and other times I don't. At the time my thinking truly is this is what should do and needs to happen. I will normally laugh about it after realizing it probably wasn't the smartest or easiest way to complete task. :)  I am sometimes asked by girls in the Jr. Church class I help with, or by other girls in the youth group as to why I do what I do. I like to answer that with, because it made a difference.

As a Christian a lot of times people think we are suppose to be different or will associate being different with being a Christian. Those people don't quite have it right. When we are Christians we are to strive to live like Christ would. Christ did lived the perfect life. He wasn't weird or different. He was normal, and the only normal one! He lived a righteous, just and pure life. Jesus Christ was not different, He made a difference!

Since sin entered the world (Rom. 5:12) every thing became different, but it didn't start that way. That's why we call it different. Dictionary.com has the following listed as a definition for the word different: dif·fer·ent/ˈdif(ə)rənt/Adjective

1. Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality.

2. Novel and unusual.

Difference is suppose to go away, for the most part, after a person comes to Christ and is reborn. (John 3:3) Sadly, this doesn't always happen. The world considers me different, because I try not to live to worldly morals/standards. Even though they are the different ones, we Christians that don't sway to some their habits get the label different.

A lot of teens struggle with being "different" and not feeling like they belong. (Romans 12:2) I used to be one of those teens! A while ago my attitude changed. If the people living of the world want to call me different, then I will be proud to be different and will strive to make a difference!

You see being different isn't bad or good. It really depends on how you view it. The important thing is to make a good difference!

We all need to be willing to not be afraid to be Different (from worldly morals and standards) and make a Difference!