Stepping Outside Our Comfort Zone

For those who don’t know me, this post is almost painful to write.  The anxiety it induces is crazy.  Over the past few years, I have become more and more introverted. And I especially shy away from sharing the real me with others in fear of their opinions or judgments.  I’m sure some of you out there can relate to this.  See we have a large family, homeschool and I lean pretty hard to the crunchy side of life. So I guess that is an invitation for most people of the world to question. So if I feel this way then why in the world am I on a blog sharing my life on the internet? God has shown me that I fear man and man’s approval more than I fear or seek God’s approval.  And the funny part is the things I’m usually judged for I do because I feel led by God to do. So why am I worrying about what others think? In Philippians 4: 6-9 it says:

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.”

So instead of worrying, I’m praying and reading God’s Word to know what is right. I desire the peace of God. Don’t you?

So here I am stepping outside my comfort zone to follow God’s Word and hopefully encourage you to think about the things that are excellent and worthy of praise and don’t worry about what the world has to say about it.