Jordan - Proverbs 17

"..one who builds a high thresholds invites broken bones."  I find that verse (19) pretty funny.  Have you ever been walking down the street and the sidewalks jumps up out at you?  You end up doing that fake "oh, I was just starting to jog" thing to play it off.  There are amazing standards in the world that you never think about until someone tries to be a little creative with them.  Like the stairs that are a little too wide to easily walk down or the door with the handle that invites you to pull but you are actually supposed to push.  These slight nuances sometimes make you feel silly and sometimes even make you trip and fall.

You can try and be different and stick out a little too far, but you need to respect the standards of society because you can't push the envelope by making people feel ridiculous in the process.  Today, while participating in the 30 hour famine I was stretched a little bit.  In the morning, I went out with some of the youth on their "Bigger and Better" project which was to try and barter and trade with people in the community to go from $.25 to as much as we could.  We went out and rang doorbells and thought about the best places to go.  The supermarket was an idea, but we realized we probably need a permit.  Ringing doorbells was awkward (for us and the people living there!) but yielded the best results.  We ended up taking the $.25 and turning it into $20 and then a "Stick Horse."  Later, I was at the carwash and unsuspecting motorists were asked to give to the cause and we raised an amazing amount of money.  Both opportunities allowed us to stick our necks out a little.  We tripped up people and ourselves sometimes, but we were doing it with good hearts and that is what people saw.