"Life is comfortable when you separate yourself from people who are different from you. That epitomizes what my life was like: characterized by comfort. But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through."
--Crazy Love
This has been a constant struggle in my life and something that God continually brings to my attention! It is so easy to just hang out with friends from church or the BCM or Wesley all the time because it's comfortable. It's not comfortable to meet new people who maybe don't like doing the same things I like to do or people who have a different lifestyle than me or people who don't know Jesus or chose not to believe in Him. It's much easier to live out my faith and stand up for what I believe when I know that everyone I'm with believes the same thing. But a candle doesn't stand out in a room that's already lit! In order for my light to shine for Jesus and for me to be an example for Him I need to go where it's darkest! Where people can't see and where they need that light. That dark room is different for everyone. For you it may be another state or country. It may be the place where you work. It may be your family! For me, it's this campus and this wonderful school that God has placed me in. He has given me opportunity after opportunity and person after person to witness to and now it's up to me to decide if I'm going to go to that dark place and take my light with me and let it shine! Think about it!! :)
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