Square

… but our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,  who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.  Philippians 3:20,21 NIV

I must admit to being ‘square’ in today’s world. For the benefit of any younger readers, that’s an old word for being ‘uncool’. I am of a generation of the ‘square’ I suppose. Now in my 60s, I am also a child of the 60s which was an age of change, where attitudes and morality started to take a seismic shift away from morality, church and Bible teachings. At the time it didn’t seem like a lot, just a little at a time, but moving nonetheless. I think it is safe to say that we are now reaping the whirlwind of the actions of my 60s generation, and the things we lived through and accepted.

It is vastly different world now. I live in a changed environment, a changed order of morality, and a vastly changed attitude to God, and His Word. I feel square, but perhaps more importantly, a square peg in a round hole that doesn’t fit, and neither do I. That’s another way to say I am a misfit. I have inconvenient corners, which do not rub down too easily, if at all! There is an old gospel song of the 60s which says:

This world is not my home I'm just a-passing through
my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
the angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
and I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Maybe that explains my square peg shape, and the reason I don’t fit here. That may be true, but according to Scripture, and the old song, I will fit in heaven!