This ole world is very deceiving in making you think that you need to follow after it..or that your not measuring up because your not like the rest…that you are different..and that somehow you feel insignificant because you are different and unique…you don’t do as others…you don’t go where others go…you live a pretty quiet life style…you live where family values are found…so in yourself you feel that you are just boring…or maybe you feel that your not really living your life because you live out this well rounded lifestyle…you have a good family who loves you…you have a wonderful upbringing…really you don’t have a bad past lingering around you…you’ve been sheltered and you’ve been covered and protected….so maybe, just maybe that ole devil is making you think that you need to do just a little something…that maybe you should go ahead and try a little bit of this..or maybe a little bit of that…and he keeps tempting you to be like others…to act like others…so you may feel that you fit in…so you can be in the in crowd so to speak…so you will not be that different one…so that you will just blend…and that others will so desire to like you and know you because you’re like them….but I have come to tell someone today….that the Lord has made you different and so very much unique because He loves you and your called to be different…you were set apart from the Lord way back when…see the Lord as equipped you personally for great things in life…but that ole devil he comes to destroy everything that God is trying to do in your life…you don’t have to be like others…you don’t have to fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness…you don’t have to compromise who you are and what you stand for all because of others…for you see God has made you personally to be that light shining ever so brightly for Him…we are to be salt and light the bible says..Matthew 5:13-16…for you see the word says that bad company corrupts good behavior..1 Corinthians 15:33…and we all have to stay on guard at all times with who we are..and we always have to check ourselves and make sure that were not compromising our beliefs for the life that someone else chooses to live or that someone else is living…for the Lord He came to give us a life and life of abundance…John 10:10…so let us choose Jesus…let us be who we are and live who the Lord created us to be…nothing more and nothing less….but just who we are…and if we have to be different or do things that causes us to compromise what we know to be right then we need to separate ourselves from that…for the devil starts small always in your life to make you compromise something..and with every compromise comes another one…and then another one…and so on and so on….until one day everything that you stand for and everything that you are is gone….and you become everything that you thought you never would become in life…for guys it happens to the best of them….so whatever you do…don’t straddle the fence line when serving Jesus..for the word says that He would rather us be hot or cold…but not lukewarm…for He would rather spew us from His mouth..Revelation 3:16…so stay focused on your goals in life…and don’t ever do anything that feels wrong or is wrong..and that you know is wrong…so listen to Jesus…and obey Him…for our Lord knows best…and in the long run you will be glad that you did…so “NO” compromises….In Jesus’ name, I do ask and pray…Amen and Amen…Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi