I know most people go through times in their lives where they feel “weird”. Most of the time it happens when you are going through puberty and then hopefully you grow out of it. I have always been weird. Reading and my love affair with books would be a good place to start. I would literally have a book with me everywhere from the time I could read. I read anytime and anywhere and most of the time it wouldn’t matter what was going on around me – I could tune it all out. I was a public school student and that really got in the way of my love for books and reading. But I was quite the underachiever in formal education and so I would do the bare minimum of homework, you know scan the “reading” book story and answer the comprehension questions in quick fashion so that I could get back to the intriguing story I was involved in. Another way I am weird is that I detest rollercoasters. I just feel like God gave me feet, not wings so that I would stay here on His nice ground. I think rollercoasters are pointless. Those are, of course, just two examples of how weird I am. But now, as a grown-up, I am REALLY weird and just getting more weird it seems.

–I do not let other people raise my children (any age).

–I teach my children at home.

–I make my own laundry detergent.

–I take my children to church and teach them about God and His love.

–I spank.

–I use coupons.

–I clothe my children with yard sale, hand-me-downs, or clearance items.

–I let my kids get dirty, every day.

–I teach my children to say ma’am and sir.

–I expect obedience.

–I breastfeed my babies.

–I breastfeed my babies in public. (very weird)

–I enjoy spending time with my husband and my children.

–I respect my parents.

–I read my Bible and pray.

This list could go on and on. What is really neat is that I love being weird. For years, as an adolescent and into my 20’s I wanted to “fit in” and now the closer I grow to my Lord and the older I become I want to be more weird. In fact, I would love to be out and have people whisper as we leave “they are so weird”.

And that is pretty weird, isn’t it?

“Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord”

2 Corinthians 6:17