2 components of extroversion: assertiveness and enthusiasm.
I’m high in both. Which makes me a burden and a total “extra grace required” for many introverts. If I’d known this in my 20’s and 30’s and been more guarded about being true to who I am, worn masks better, “faked it to make it” more adeptly, I might have spared myself and others some awkward or painful moments, but God was present through it all and saw fit to preserve both traits, but with greater mercy for those who just can’t tolerate either one!
I’m good with that. Not all of us can be everyone else’s cup of tea… some of us are created for the delight of only a few…..
And those like myself know that even we bring joy to and are used by God for purposes many others would never accept.
….. as the King and Country song goes, “ Can you relate?”
(from 9/30/2018)
There are some who object to my sharing my faith and the stories of the ways I see God at work in the world here on FB. They judge everything I say and do against what they think I should be as a Christian and call me a hypocrite for my failings when they do not agree with opinions that I share that do not match what they think a Christian should be. I do not claim to be perfect. I do, however know I am saved. And I will not allow critics to drive my faith into a closet or shame me into keeping quiet about things that I view as wrong and worthy of public discussion. Just because people do not agree on politics or non-essential specifics of their religious practices/beliefs does not mean that one is right and another is wrong. If I am biblically wrong, tell me that. I’ll be happy to listen. Each person must stand in the integrity of her understanding of God’s leading in her life, her own life experience filtered through God’s permissive will, the instruction of the Word, and the support of godly people in her life. I don’t walk your journey and you don’t walk mine. Your call is not the same as my call. If you do not like/ cannot abide my opinions on things, don’t read them.