Faith cannot be placed into a box.

Yet the faithful feel forced to fit into a mold.

A mold made by doubt within our own kind and carried out by nonbelievers just waiting to say, “I told you so.”

We’re not perfect and though we should strive for it, we shall never let our pride or sense of togetherness make anyone else feel small or not good enough.

Because the truth is none of us would sacrifice our last breath to honor a notion that we did not understand.

Yet we would give up a nourishing meal to live up to standards set by these box makers.

And we become numb to these insecurities because it’s easier to bury scars than to wear them proudly.

Yet when we do, we put ourselves in that same box and fear pushing the envelope might cause gossip and judgments by fellow box dwellers.

But we are not called to be in corners, we are called to break down barriers, be relatable, be scarred, be inspiring.

Be outside the box thinkers.

For Noah’s arc was outside the box.

Esther’s boldness was outside the box.

Paul’s change of heart was outside the box.

So we shouldn’t try to fit our faith inside this little box, we should let it grow into vineyards of luscious fruit.

Let it spiral in directions off the beaten path.

Let the wrong turns and spoiled vines be lessons to legions of followers.

Let them strengthen your heart so that it becomes durable to what ever trials it may face.

For God didn’t create us in our mothers’ wombs to be frail box inhabitants.

We are wonderful, fearless, one of a kind, box breakers formed to be soldiers in His army.

To stand up for what is right by him and to not be held down by these rules that minimize Him.

We are who we are for a purpose and denying what makes us that denies Him.

Let us all love each other for that reason so that we no longer judge each other by denominations or by sins but learn to love with grace and gratitude.

Let us help others out of their boxes to be revolutionaries of their own faith.

For God has a relationship with all of us and it’s in that relationship that we are molded and it’s in Him where we find our strength.

And no box could ever contain the love that He has for us and the love that His spirit will bring.