{"id":1368,"date":"2012-11-13T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2012-11-12T16:48:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T21:48:07","slug":"even-if-it-means-walking-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=1368","title":{"rendered":"Even If It Means Walking Alone…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who doesn\u2019t like being liked and accepted? We all do. We innately want to be appreciated, accepted and liked by others. Whether it’s our family, friends, co-workers or acquaintances. There is this inner need to be liked.<\/p>\n

But, there comes a time when we have to risk not being liked for the sake of integrity. What is the point of living\u00a0a life void of truth? Truth matters in relationships.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve always been a seeker of truth. I do not like to live in lies, deception or falsehood. I like real. I like honest. I like truth. Yes, even if it cuts. I rather the truth than a lie.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to go through life in a cocoon. It\u2019s safer. You don\u2019t make waves, you don\u2019t offend, you just get along and live stress free.<\/p>\n

However, as believers in Christ, we\u00a0need to live in truth,\u00a0because the truth is what sets us free. (John 8:32<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Too many of us are living in a bubble and trying to escape reality. But, running and escaping\u00a0isn’t going to get us\u00a0anywhere and will only prolong the inevitable.<\/p>\n

We say we are followers of Christ, but what does that\u00a0mean?<\/p>\n

I’ve learned it means different things to different people. We\u2019d rather make a god of our own understanding rather than\u00a0follow the God of the Bible.<\/p>\n

I guess it all comes down to choices. Just like choosing to tell the truth at the risk of not being liked. When Jesus spoke truth in love, it wasn\u2019t a positive or popular message for people to digest.<\/p>\n

The same holds true today. People are still rejecting His message.<\/p>\n

We want to chew on the good parts, and spit out the rest. We want to say we are about love and community, but that\u2019s the furthest from reality. Our actions give us away.<\/p>\n

Our actions demonstrate that we want an easy God, a god of convenience. We only want to be told nice things and to be liked. We don\u2019t want to live in truth, we don’t want the hard things, even if it\u2019s necessary or right.<\/p>\n

Well, this weekend I was faced with a choice. Either to keep silent or speak up. I chose to speak up and\u00a0risked being liked for the sake of what is true.<\/p>\n

Was it easy? No, it was not.<\/p>\n

But, I’d\u00a0rather risk,\u00a0keep my integrity and walk in truth\u00a0than\u00a0be liked or accepted by others.<\/p>\n

Even if it means walking alone\u2026<\/p>\n

What about you? Have you told the truth even when it was hard and at the\u00a0cost of being rejected?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who doesn\u2019t like being liked and accepted? We all do. We innately want to be appreciated, accepted and liked by others. Whether it’s our family, friends, co-workers or acquaintances. There is this inner need to be liked. But, there comes a time when we have to risk not being liked for the sake of integrity. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10,8,7],"tags":[224,222,223,221],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1368"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}