OUT??? Of The Comfort Zone???

Yes, I am blogging again.
But it's okay. I haven't put any "profound" blogs on for awhile, and since I haven't got much to do, I may as well try to make one on the spot. This is something I deal with a lot.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.
-Herbert B. Swope

Okay I am so guilty of this. Sometimes I set out doing something, and my mind's motor is running on "who will this make happy?" I am not one for conflict (unless it's w/ summer... but that's a blog for another day) so I try to avoid it as much as possible. Even if someone is doing something non-Christ-like, I have a hard time confronting them about it. Which isn't a good thing. We should, as a family, hold each other accountable. Says so in The Book.
Now this doesn't mean you should go around and blame everyone for everything in front of everyone. No. You need to be the judge as to what needs to be said. And if you say it should, then do it in private. Then take another person along with you if they don't agree. Then another. Then get more people involved if the person still isn't seeing the problem.
The other day I put a bible verse on here from Luke. Basically it said that if everyone speaks well of you, you're doing something wrong. Whoa, now that was like a bullet in the chest to me. No, I am not saying that everyone speaks well of me (I am more than certain that there are people out there who do not like me) but for what reasons?? Maybe someone doesn't like me because they find me annoying or weird or something. But I don't think there's anyone out there that has a conflict with me because they disagree with my faith. And that is a huge problem!! If you're not getting into people's heads, trying to make them understand what you know is true, then you're just being (to use Josh's phrase here) a good little christian.
Now is that being extraordinary?
Hey, I'm not trying to condemn anyone. I'm probably more guilty of this than most of you. But we need to make a difference nonetheless. Let's get out of our comfort zones for once. I know, I know, you wouldn't be expecting ME to say this kind of stuff, but I really feel this way. Hey tomorrow I'm probably going to "embarrass" myself by talking about the Bible in front of my entire class. And I don't wanna do it! I am dreading it! But I feel in my heart that I need to, whether I want to or not.
So let's step out there and change the O' Fallon area. Then change Illinois, then the Mid West, and then who knows? Maybe God has a plan for us that's bigger than ourselves. But I know our youth group can do great, xness, groovy, bombing things.
Seriously, think about it.