The
1960’s TV show The Munsters was a
comedy about a family of four monsters and one normal person. Herman Munster
was Frankenstein’s monster, his wife Lily and Grandpa were vampires, and the
son, Eddie, was a werewolf. Marilyn, the niece, was the only normal person. The four Munsters believed they were normal
and that Marilyn was the oddball. Of course, they had it
backwards—Marilyn was normal and they were abnormal.
If
you are a follower of Jesus Christ, the world is going view you like the four
Munsters see Marilyn. They actually believe that since you aren’t like them, you aren’t normal. You are Marilyn living
in a world of Munsters. Jesus said, “If you belonged to the
world, it would love you as it loves its own. But I have chosen you out of
the world, so you don’t belong to it. That is why the world hates you.”
(John 15:19 NCV).
The
world is getting weirder every day. Abnormal is now considered normal, and
normal is abnormal. Right is wrong and wrong is right. If you choose to remain
a virgin until you get married, they think something is terribly wrong with you. Although you
want to be accepted by others, keep in mind that you are living to please the
Lord. You are not living for this world, but the eternal kingdom to come. “Nonbelievers (the Munsters) think it is strange that you do not
do the many wild and wasteful things they do, so they insult you. But they
will have to explain this to God, who is ready to judge the living and the
dead” (1 Peter 4:4).
Stop trying to change yourself to be accepted by the
Munster world. Just live to please Jesus and He'll take care of everything you need in this life. www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com
***************
Did you
know you can TRANSLATE this devotional into other languages? On the right side of www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com choose a language
and click “Translate.” If you know someone in another county, send this
devotional to them in their language.
Receive these
devotionals by email: You can subscribe in the box on the right at www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com (Your email will not be given out. You’ll receive an
email when the new devotional is posted)
Making Life Count Ministries
P.O. Box 680174
Prattville, Alabama 36068-0174
www.makinglifecount.net Twitter: @KentCrockett
