It can feel like torture to carry a dream in your heart and feel like no one truly understands it. The deepest burning of your soul feels like it will burst out of you and you want to share it with someone. But what if that someone isn't available? For whatever reason, what if you get shut down (like I blogged about here), tuned out or misunderstood? Is it possible that sometimes God keeps you from sharing with others because he's working out something within you that is just between you and Him Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, 'He is out of his mind.'" Mark 3:30-21 Even Jesus' family thought He was crazy. That's a source of comfort, I hope, for those whose friends and family don't "get" them or their mission and passions.
Not everyone will understand what you're doing. That's okay. Not everyone will support your dream. That's okay. Not everyone will "get" your calling or assignment. That's okay. When we know who we are in the Lord, it matters less and less what others think. And even more comforting may be that at the end of His life, Jesus's mother and brothers joined Him (Acts 1:14).
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