What is "normal" for most people may not be normal for you.
"Normal" is usually measured in whatever everyone else is doing in the culture.
It is normal for people to celebrate all the man-made holidays, but for me it is not normal, I choose to ignore them because I do not see that they have been given by God.
Normal for me is not normal for most people. I guess the key is that we decide what will be our own normal and not worry about what everyone else is doing.
If someone does not appreciate your normal, that you have made for yourself because of a commitment to God, then it would be impossible to have a relationship with those who do not appreciate you and your choices.
There are so many things in our culture today that have distracted us from God. For years I thought I should do what other people expected of me. After I became born again the Lord showed me that I could do what I believed in without reproach.
Many people in the church today have human expectations of us, they don't like that we walk a different path based on the scriptures. These people will distance themselves, punishing us with silence while ignoring us completely. That's alright, that's the path they have chosen for themselves.
We must remain on the path God has given us even if no one else comes with us. I have no desire to do things simply because of human traditions or the expectations of others.
Mark 7:13 "13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.” "
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