So I'm standing in one of the aisles at work, one visible from the outside through the window, talking to God. I do it pretty often. No big deal, right? Nothing out of the ordinary. I realized a guy hanging outside with his bike, just chillin there, probably waiting for someone, for like 10+ minutes. It was then that I realized noticed how crazy I looked. See now, I don't just talk to God. We have two-sided conversations. We exchange looks, He makes me laugh, etc. People watching me don't know these things. So while I'm standing there having a perfectly normal, expressive conversation with God, what others see is anything BUT normal. I'm guessing they see a spastic, psychotic, little twig of a girl, whose gone straight up cray. I paused the current conversation He & I were having when I realized that. ". . . I look really ridiculous right now, Lord." *pause* "Screw it. I don't care if I look cray when I'm talking with you. Ha, 'watch me hit the cray button!'" . . . . . You ain't seen nothing, we about to go cray!It was then that one of my favorite songs took on a whole new meaning. Now, instead of it just being about being awesome, crazy, hyper, and spastic, it was talking also about being undignified for Christ. Cray, if you will. Not just being crazy awesome for Jesus, but really being crazy FOR Him - crazy as the world see's it, at least. Doing things that seem completely ridiculous & cray to others, simply because Christ tells us to. Whenever I think of being "undignified" (or cray) for Jesus, I think of being outrageous, loud, and goofy. I also think of two people dressed somewhat like clowns while standing on a street corner holding up a sign that says "Honk if you love Jesus", but that's for another reason. But it's sooooo much greater than that little mindset of mine. Being undignified (cray!) for Jesus isn't just acting crazy, it's about DOING things that are crazy - or seemingly crazy to others. Things like speaking His name publicly, befriending the socially awkward kid, lifting your hands in worship, dancing for joy in His name, putting others before yourself. Taking on the characteristics of Christ and living the way He did; not for people, but for God. 'Tis like what Paul says in Galatians 1:10 "Obviously, I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant." (NLT) ![]() I'm pretty excited to let God change the way I think about that. Also excited for more opportunities to get cray for that guy! WATCH ME HIT THE CRAY BUTTON!
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