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How to be a Christian When it’s not Popular

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When Sierra started taking her faith seriously she didn’t expect her friends to stop texting or her boyfriend to break up with her. She didn’t anticipate the strange looks and whispering behind her back.

People counselled her to stop taking her religion so seriously, that science had disproven the Bible, and that she was very closed minded to say Jesus was the only way to heaven.

Suddenly, Sierra had lost the social status she had worked so hard to maintain. She was no longer popular and didn’t even fit in with her peers. 

Busy, Forgetful Girl: You Can Memorize Large Portions of Scripture

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“Dear 25 year old self,

Today is your 20th Birthday. I don’t know if you will still be on earth for your 25th birthday.

But assuming you are still in the trenches, here are some hopes, dreams and prayers from your 20 year old self. ”

It’s become a tradition of mine to take time to remember the goodness of God and plan for the future every New Year’s and every birthday. Last summer on my 20th I did this in the form of a letter to my future-self.

One particular set of hopeful words buried in that letter have provided more motivation than I could have ever imagined when they dripped from my pen.