A short monologue urging the speaker's children, grandchildren, and future descendants to 'stand out' rather than 'fit in' with the world. The speaker contrasts natural human inclination to conform with a spiritual call to be distinct: if one is a child of God and a 'citizen of heaven' they should expect to be an outcast on earth. The speaker references a specific child, Ezra, who is shy, and uses familial examples to emphasize passing this mindset through generations.
Chapters
First off, get them new friends. No. Right. But, yeah, we don't want to fit in with the world, right? I. I want my son and my grandkids, and my older kids are older. They're adults now. Two of them got kids of their own. But I want my kids, my grandkids and my great grandkids that are yet to be born. I want them all to stand out so much from the world, which is not our natural inclination. We want to fit in. Right? That's what we want to do. We don't want to stand out. Especially like Ezra. He. He's more prone to being shy in new situations, new people. When he opens up, he opens up. You know that. Yeah. Yeah. But I. I don't want him to just feel like I. Well, I gotta do what he's doing just so I fit in. It's like, no, you're gonna start on a path of ultimately never. Like, never renewing your mind to the point where you know that, wait. I am an outcast. If I'm a child of God, I'm a citizen of heaven, and I should be an outcast here. I should not fit in with the world. If I fit in, if Jesus is actually important to me and I'm fitting in with the world, I'm probably not pleased in Jesus. Yep.
