"Happily Uncomfortable"

I hope it disturbs me
If the only friends I have
Are Christians
Are the people I see on Sunday.

I hope it is unsettling within
If the only people I talk to
And the only people I know
And the only people I spend time with
Are the people who live just like me.

Who already have the same answers I do.
Who don't need what I have because they already have it too.

I hope it makes me uncomfortable
If I can knowingly go a week without
Connecting with someone I don't know.
Without making an effort to make a friend.
Without looking for an avenue to go for coffee, to create a friendship that opens up the path for me to be able to tell them

Where that happiness, joy, peace, and steadiness comes from and how I want to spread it.

Right now,
I am uncomfortable
And I am glad I am.

Because I am not here on this earth
To spend time with only Christians.

I was not saved to just be saved.
I have a role to play.

And I hope I always remain uncomfortable
No matter what stage of life I am in
Or where I rank in my community

I will never exempt myself
From the call that every single one of us as Christians receive.

Because if I do everything else
Except purposely reaching others
Then I have done nothing.

And if I find myself living daily life
In a way that is not conducive to connecting with others,
Then I hope I see that.
I hope I change my daily routine
In order to place myself within the paths of others.

I hope I stay uncomfortable
Even when I do make connections.
Because it will keep me
Trying and trying and trying.