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Take Up Space

Sometimes when people say they need to walk the straight and narrow, they  forget they don't actually need to *be* straight and narrow. They don't need to be contained or safely fit in a box.

Jesus wasn't. His teaching was loud and disruptive and a bit boisterous. And you know what? I think He was probably a little weird too...a little out there. A lot different. He came and disrupted what was culturally appropriate and told the world to "follow me, I'll show you something wild. I am the way, the truth, and the life." He made room for Himself and told others to come with Him to shake up the world together.

So, be exactly who God made you to be, whoever or however that is. TAKE. UP. SPACE. Don't shrink for anybody. And if there doesn't seem to be room for you, your gifts, your talents, or your personality at the table, pull up a chair anyway. You are needed and wanted more than you know. There is always room.

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