Everyone hates the God in me.

It’s lonely here

Let’s face it, being saintly or just different from the rest of the crowd is a lonely journey. I have been on this journey since secondary school. Back then I wasn’t even spiritual, I was just morally upright.

Blessed is PRAISE, when men shall revile her, and persecute her, and shall say all manner of evil against her falsely, for my sake. -Matt 5:11

A lot of people couldn’t stay friends with me because I was “too holy”. Even the ones who remained friends with me hated my Christian gut. In every group, I was the “the church girl” or just “doing too much”.

I remember the first sermon I preached in Jss3. It was a mixture of praise and condemnation. Some people hated the God in me, which is what I want to speak about.

The Consecrated Life

As I grew older, I realized that there are Christians and there are non-Christians. By privilege, I went to a Christain Secondary school where almost all of us were from Christian homes. I expected we all to be ‘spiritual’

There were days I felt, I was truly doing too much. Maybe this God thing isn’t as deep as I was taking it. I became ashamed of my Christianity because it didn’t allow me to be friends with the ‘cool’ people, it didn’t allow me to dress as I wanted- I wanted so bad to wear mini skirts, it didn’t allow me to have a boyfriend when it was the norm.

Because of my Christian virtues, I didn’t have a life, or so I thought.

Wrong Group

I thought for so long that I was weird and odd until I met people who were more spiritually confident and sound than I was. They loved the tags that came with being different for God-they and rejoiced in the mockery.

These guys were fine with being “uncool” They were uninterested in many things that enticed the average human.

“What sought of people are these?” I asked myself.

In becoming friends with these people, I realized that it’s ok to be ridiculed or be doing too much for God. Not every crowd was where I belonged and it wasn’t every table I should be seated at.

I have been running with this peculiarity in my Christian faith.

“For PRAISE is unashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation…”- Rom 1:16.

The consecrated life isn’t as lonely as it seems, it depends on your associations. I sincerely thank God for the community of friends I surround myself with.

Yes, sometimes you will walk a while in holiness and it will feel look like you’re the only one on the journey. It may take a while before someone joins you, but remain steadfast, if it is any motivation-my story is proof you’re not alone.

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