I need bras for the weekend!

Are you seen as an odd duck? 
I am. 
God commanded me to be.
Am I?  Here was my conversation at the school bus stop today. You be the judge:

"Good morning ladies! I've got something going on this weekend and need your help!

 Can you get me some sport bras please?  

They didn't give a second look but simply asked how they could get them to me.

 No, I do not wear woman's clothing. 

My neighbors simply know me, and in so doing, they know my faith in Jesus, and my desire to serve the broken in the world by any means I can find. They know my family collects underwear for the homeless because most don't have more that two pairs. They know most folks in shelters don't have the extra money to was their clothes, so they do so in the sink at the shelter or wherever they can and their underwear runs out. My truck always has underwear around some wear. I would even venture to say that most rooms in our house has a random package. Honestly, we can't really go anywhere without a friend handing me a package they had bought. 

We are called to be odd ducks as followers of Christ. We are to stick out like a two people on the street kissing during a protest, like the fresh air rushing through the first open window of spring, like a lit match in a deep cave. 

This is what God has to say about it:

"But you are the ones chosen by God, 

chosen for the high calling of priestly work, 

chosen to be a holy people, 

God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him,

 to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—

                                   from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted."
                                                                                                           1 Peter 2:9 (Message Translation)

Here is a simple test, try it, not to "prove" anything, but to check HOW you are living; 

• Do the people who live in the houses around you know what you are doing for the glory of God and to eliminate the suffering of the people? 
• Do the neighbors around your church know what you are doing for the glory of God and to eliminate the suffering of the people? 
• If either you, or your church disappeared over night, would the vacuum left in your place be felt and cause people to weep? 

I think the church got this verse a little bit wrong. Folks aren't supposed to look at us as Jesus freaks because we speak in tongues (which is fine), or dance with abandon (which is fun) or shout with praise (which is biblical) or even swing incense (which is lovely) or use stained glass (which is art). We are peculiar not because of the things we don't do, but what we do do. Yes, we abstain from things God doesn't like such are murder, and stealing, and robbing the poor, but we will be seen as Godly Odd Ducks when me love enemies, bless those who persecute us, and live our lives for folks who can never get us ahead in life simply because this is what Jesus did for us.
 
Now settle down folks, I'm not getting upitty and holier-than-thou on you. I'm just trying to live out the life of the suffering servant like my King Jesus did for me. 
...Oh, and if you want to give me your underwear, leave me a comment with your contact info