A “Wise” Alternative

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??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????My social media news feeds have been buzzing about Olympian freestyle skier & medalist David Wise and his devout Christian faith…otherwise known as an “alternative lifestyle.”

I agree the news reporter’s description is a bit alarming at first read. After all, Merriam Webster dictionary defines the word alternative as

1. al·ter·na·tive, adjective \ȯl-ˈtər-nə-tiv, al-\

: not usual or traditional

: existing or functioning outside of the established society

Wait! What?!?

Well, may I suggest that true Christianity has always been the “not usual choice existing or functioning outside of the established society”? And is it a curse or a blessing? Matthew 5:6 answers that for us.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.”

Often as a mom, I’m tempted to want my kids to be accepted by this world. To be popular, cool & loved. I want them to be happy and comfortable and kept from all that could cause them pain or disdain. Deep deep down at the end of the day, though, I long even moreso for my children to love Jesus with whole-hearted, sold out devotion. And that has never been and will never be the usual choice of this world’s established society.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4

So let’s not be fooled into thinking that this kind of alternative is a bad thing. It’s the right thing. Let’s pray each and every time we pray for our children that they would walk in the way of the wise, no matter how different or difficult it may be, remembering to pray that we as moms would be a living example of this “unusual choice.”

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:13-14

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