Being Less “Worldly”

This is a post that has been on my mind for a while now. I just have not had the guts to write it. Mainly because if I write it I have to do something about it.

I want to know what it looks like to be less “worldly.” Jay and I were having this discussion at dinner last night and we just came up with the conclusion that we have no idea. We have great friends that are challenging us and themselves to accomplish this task. We watch them do great things and achieve their goals of becoming less worldly. However, I want to know what that looks like for us.

I catch myself thinking (and even saying aloud to Jay) that I just want to be content. I just graduated nursing school, Jay and I are both making decent money, we are about to have another baby, and Jayci is going to start Kindergarten this year. I just want to live contently and enjoy having more money (and enjoy spending it). But what if Jesus had said, “I just want to be content in my life. I just want to have fun with my friends and maybe one day I will get around to healing people and dying on the cross for their sins.” Yea, that didn’t happen and quite frankly I’m really glad it didn’t. I know in my heart that we are being challenged by God. That our hearts are feeling the pressure to do something more in this life time. We are not told to work hard just so we can live life how we want to. We are called to give to the poor and needy, to help the orphans and widows, and most importantly to live like Jesus.

So what does this step look like for us? I’m not sure. I know that we have some challenges ahead of us to get to where we want to be. I also am aware that this process does not happen over  night. We will have to be continuous in our prayers and seeking challenges as they come to us.

So for our first challenge….One of our friends in our house church this past week challenged everyone to do something different for Valentines day. Instead of going to buy chocolates and useless gifts for each other to try to do something more meaningful for someone else. I know Jay loves me. I don’t need a box of chocolates for him to prove that. Although, I was hoping for a nice message. Ha! But what I think we both need right now is to show how much we love God and appreciate everything he has blessed us with. We have not decided what we will do with our challenge but big or small we want to start somewhere and think this is a great place to begin.

I hope that all of you have a very blessed weekend!

~Kristen