As a Christian who finds it hard to relate to a low-intellect church, a church that at times celebrates low intellect, I usually find it's not a little difficult to find people who value me as much as I value them.
This problem comes up over and over again, and as I'm isolated, the only message I get is from those who reject me from either the world or the church.
The world rejects me for being too kind. They see kindness as stupidity. There's very little space for pure kindness in the world anymore.
The church sees me as weird or pretentious. They often don't see the need to probe deeper than their own loneliness, their own questions, their own religious satisfaction.
So overall I'm left with the sense that everything is a little dismal and will be dismal for the indefinite future.
I want to future-proof my mind though. So for this, I will have to use a mix of worldly cool and Christian authenticity. I have to understand that the world won't appreciate my kindness, and that the church won't appreciate my intelligence.
Neither of which detract from the fact that to be truly comfortable in my skin, I have to be surrounded by people who love me.
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