living testimony

Something interesting happened this week at school...so here goes

At the beginning of this new year, i prayed to God that He would show me a
way to shine His light because so many times, I felt like I wasn't doing
much. I felt like everybody else, nothing really different about me that
people could see. Amazingly He showed me a way, that was definately not
easy. The first day i came back to school, a friend of mine cracked a joke
about me taking my faith seriously and gave me the nickname of Nun Chung.
Yea heck i thought it was funny at first...I mean i didn't think it was a
big deal. Until things got a little out of hand. When i talk, when i do
things, people refer it to me being "nun-like", making fun of me for taking
my religion so seriously. And yes, you may think that it's okay because it's
my friends and i shouldn't take it seriously. But honestly, truthfully, it
hurts. It hurts when people make fun of something that means so much to you.
It hurts when people don't take you seriously anymore because you're not
like them, becuase you're "different" It annoys me, it makes me feel like
there's something wrong with me. I mean...who likes to be made fun of?
constantly too? It is this week that I realized that it was what I have
asked for. If you think about it, a normal person would fight back with
swearing and what not and telling the person to shutup. But I'm different. I
am a child of God. THAT makes all the difference. I found myself praying
more for guidance, for patience, for strength. And even in this situation, I
prayed for humility. It was hard for me and God knew that. But throughout
the week, the more i prayed, the more i was made fun of, the closer i felt
to God. It was pretty amazing. I mean sure it still hurts, but knowing that
I'm not alone in this makes me feel ten billion times better :)

We are living sacrifices, we are like...breathing walking testimonies. God is faithful regardless :) He provides