hark! you make me sick.

The Bible is a wonderful book.
Today, i would like to point you all to John 15:18-19. I'll be quoting in NIV.

[Jesus Speaking]"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but i have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."

Now, i know that theres a million different ways to interperate passages from the bible, and for each of those theres another denomination. But what i get out of this is that it should be a wakeup call. Does the world hate you?
If it doesn't, should it?
Teenagers have a really bad problem of always needing to fit in; We're not just an age group in America, but America's teenagers function under a Mob Mentality. That is to say, teenagers work as a collective.
You see things like myspace--almost every teenager in america has one. Fasion, popular words or phrases, whether or not its cool to call someone a fag-- thats all decided by the group.
When one idea starts in a highschool in San Fransisco, it spreads in a matter of weeks all the way here to New England.

So naturally, we have a need to fit in.

In my mind, what Jesus is telling us, is that we cant fit in.
A christian teenager who spends all his time trying to fit in, is going to have to shirk the responsibilities of following Christ at some point.
Sure, we can be cool. People should look at you, and think, "woah, that kids differemt."
What's that great verse thats in the MuteMath song?
oh yeah. Peculiar People.
Different.
So dont fit in.
Dont think you have to do all the crap your friends are doing.
Go against the grain.
And stop making me sick.