"Misfits"

Remember the holiday classic where Rudolf the Red nose Reindeer finds help from friends he met on the island of misfit toys? Well this may sound a little weird, but I have felt like a misfit person most of life. I never really felt like I fit in anywhere. It did not matter the demographic area I was living in, the economic conditions of the people or their professional status, I felt like I was always on the outside looking in.

During breakfast recently with a couple of friends I shared this feeling. But, I also shared that now living in sobriety I'm finally becoming more comfortable in my own skin and beginning to feel like I fit in just about every where I go.

After breakfast, in an email, one of my buddies sent this message to me. I told him I appreciated his email and ask him if I could use it in my next blog. He said absolutely. So, here it is....

"I enjoyed our meeting immensely. I'm really looking for direction from friends that have similar backgrounds as me and are looking for the same thing I am. Your analogy about being a "misfit" is interesting because I think we all feel that way to a certain degree...I know that I always have. I think it's a spirit of independence and freedom that God gives us. He says in Matthew 7:13 "Enter God's Kingdom through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it". I think being a "misfit" gives us the freedom to enter through the narrow gate. We've all joined the crowd (trying to fit in) and been on the wide road and we've seen where it was taking us and we've seen where many of our friends have unfortunately found themselves. I praise God for being a misfit. He made me this way and He knows what's best for me".

There really is nothing I can add to that other than to say Amen!

So, if you feel like your a misfit, you are not alone. You have at least one friend you can count on 100% of the time and that is God. He is waiting for you at the narrow gate.

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