r e f i n i n g - t h e - s i l v e r

You know there's something wrong with society when you have to shelve books like "Building Wealth ", "Sex and the Single Parent " and "How to be a Good Corporate Citizen ".
Oh and let's not forget the topper. "Parent's Handbook on Teenage Sex and Pregnancy". And you know what's funny? I'm not kidding.

"YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE"
a challenge thrown out to me from a classmate and brother earlier this week.
hey! how dare you look down on my faith! are u saying you're a "better Christian" than i am?
again. "Your God is too safe."
I'm starting to learn what that means.
It means I can't live on the borderland. Where it's safe, and comfortable, and where i don't have to care about anyone but myself. where i can make my own rules and my own decisions and judge myself. that's not where God wants me to be.
how many times in the last week have i been too irritated by trivial things. being stuck at the back of the bus line. being shoved in the crowded halls at school. the way a classmate sneezes behind me. the way an ant crawls up onto the windowsill... in fact i think i've been more worried about my nose freezing than about mass genocide happening in some parts of the world. borderland.
i'm just starting to learn. am i feeling safe? NOT GOOD, that means i'm still in my comfort zone. it means i need God to come by and pop my pink and purple bubble...