When Our Faith Began to Look Different to Others
As I began studying and researching more about the practices we were learning, my relationships outside the synagogue began to shift, especially with family and friends from our former church. I struggled to articulate what the Lord was doing in our lives in a way they could understand. I often felt mocked, misunderstood, or even dismissed. The hardest part was that I wasn’t prepared for those conversations. I couldn’t “defend the hope” that was growing in me—not yet.
It wasn’t about dressing differently. I didn’t wear a head covering or change my style to match others around me. But some things had changed—our mindset, our convictions, and even our diet. After that message about clean and unclean foods, I dug into the Scriptures and found myself settling into a deep conviction. There was such a thing as clean and unclean. We made the decision to align our eating with what Scripture taught—not out of legalism, but obedience.
So yes, we stopped eating pork. No more bacon on our burgers. We gave up shrimp, lobster, oysters, and ceviche. Not because we had to, but because we wanted to honor what we believed God was showing us. We weren’t trying to prove a point or be different. We were simply trying to walk in what we believed was true.
Obedience isn’t always understood—but that doesn’t make it any less right.
Have you ever followed God into something that others didn’t understand? How did you stay grounded in what He was showing you?
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