"to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved."
Ephesians 1:6 NKJV
Have you ever felt like you're a square peg in a round hole? Everything you try to do either, doesn't work or, you just don't appear to fit in with other people or situations. If you feel like this, join the club. I think we all feel like this periodically. Sadly, there can many cliches in church circles and it can be difficult to be welcomed into such groups. Actually, you will find this everywhere - work places, sports clubs, pubs etc. etc. It is pretty common. You can try to force yourself to be accepted by these groups by perhaps, being a people-pleaser - trying to earn their respect. It can work but, then again it can be a no go exercise. When you come up against these groups, it can be rather like walking into a saloon in an old cowboy film. As you walk through the flapping doors everything goes quiet, the piano stops and everyone present stares at you. It's a strange feeling and, thankfully, it doesn't happen very often.
We as people are strange anyway. We tend to be territorial in our habits; we like the same old seat in church and, woe betide anyone who sits there. We like to use the same old parking space and speak to the same old people. We can be like, creatures of habit. Most of us do not like change and if suddenly all the seats were taken away and we were expected to sit on the floor, this would upset quite a few people. It would make us feel like square pegs in a round hole.
It's the same with breaking into small groups. Many of us used to dislike this when I was at uni. We were safe in a normal class setting but, break into smaller groups was unthinkable and everyone would be so quiet at first. I still don't care for this type of thing and go into my type of square peg in a round hole.
I remember once when we, as a family had been camping for a week. It was horrid and rained all of the week and we were covered in mud because we were on a farm. On the Sunday, we went to this old church in the middle of nowhere. It had a congregation of no more than 10 people. The pianist, who looked about 120, started playing 'This is the day' and we being Pentecostals started clapping and singing out loud. The ten people, who were all in their 'Sunday best' turned round and saw us in jeans and wellies and covered in mud and must have thought we were aliens. No, we were square pegs in a round hole.
Do you get the point? You can't please everyone and as long as Jesus is pleased with you - and He is - that is all that matters! You are holy square pegs in a round hole.
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