Misfits

Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them. Blessed are you when people make fun of you and hurt you because of me. You are also blessed when they tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me. Be joyful and glad. Your reward in heaven is great. In the same way, people hurt the prophets who lived long ago. You are the salt of the earth. But suppose the salt loses its saltiness. How can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything. It will be thrown out. People will walk all over it. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill can't be hidden. Also, people do not light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand. Then it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine in front of others. Then they will see the good things you do. And they will praise your Father who is in heaven.

(Matthew 5:10-16) We all will not fit in! Not everyone is cut from the same mold or walks the same walk. Like the misfits from the Rudolph's Christmas show, some of us never fit in! While we all enjoy being liked , the fact is we as believers should get used to being the outcasts, the ridiculed, the left out, the peculiar,and the misfits!

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light . . .

(1 Peter 2:9) KJV The Greek (laos eis peripoiēsin) means, a people for a possession; that is, as pertaining to God. We believers are a people which He has secured as a possession, or as His own; a people, therefore, which belong to Him, and to no other. In this sense we are special as being His; and, being such, it may be inferred that we should be special in the sense of being unlike others (unique) in our manner of life. This shows one great object for which believers were redeemed. It was that we might proclaim the glory of God, and keep up the remembrance of His wondrous deeds in the earth. It should not unusual to be ridiculed in the world. We are to be different . . . one goal in mind and that is to bring glory to God. We should not blend in well! Do not be surprised however if we are also a bit uncomfortable within the church setting. I am of the belief that not everyone in the church is redeemed nor are we all in step with what God is calling us to do in life. So be encouraged. . . . Be salty. . . Be different . . .But be sure to be a light for God so He may get the spotlight!