So there is this song by Britt Nicole called Glow. I was listening to it the other day and the line goes "theres no hiding, no denying cuz we're not ashamed, with our heads up in the air, boys and girls they stop and stare..... we're gonna glow." Okay now hold that thought. I have been reading these books by Ted Dekker...they are amazing. Black, Red and White. In the books Earth came to an end with a tribulation period and all and God decides to start again, but this time Good and Evil is visible on the outside and its not just inside you, its visible to everyone. It is a really terrible skin disease that makes you look terrible and your joints are in pain and all that. The Firstborn gets tricked by Satan, and history repeats. Its goes through alot before we get to this point but in the end you have the people without the disease are like the Jews and there is another "Jesus" and well..... you just have to read it.
It made me wonder. How much harder would it be for us Christians if we were so clearly defined as Christians..... would you try to cover it up? In the books the people with the disease don't see it as a disease. They think there is something sick about not having it. They murder all the "albinos" they can find.
I know we all want to fit in. Its hard when you are different especially as a kid and a teen. We all want acceptance from our friends and peers. So much so that I feel that sometimes I try to hide my "glow"
That is wrong.
We shouldn't hide our glow. We should be proud of it. Can you imagine if we had an actual glow? Or if all the sins of people were clearly defined on their bodies and we as followers of Jesus Christ were clearly shown as pure? It would mean we didn't sin, but it would mean that God can't see them anymore.
I highly recommend the books. Even if you aren't a believer, they are a really good piece of fiction.
I have to warn you, I cried.
Merry Christmas :)
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