Yes, it's hard. It has always been hard. No one talks about how fun it is to be different from all their friends and family. But it's always worth it in the end. Whe people see how different you are, they notice that it's a good different, not a bad different. You aren't angry all the time, you aren't going out and getting high, or drunk. If you are, then you desperately need God. God saves people from the pit that they've dug for themselves. But he can't do it without their consent. I've noticed that some people, who have been Christians their entire lives, who grew up in a good home with Christian parents, and went to church all their lives tend to stop following God, because it's all fake to them. But those who have had a harder life, who were on a never-ending downward spiral to nowhere, when they hit rock bottom and have a serious God encounter, tend to still follow, even when things get hard. This is not everyone. This is just people that I've experienced and met, so don't get upset.
So, if you've been a Christian your whole life, but you're tired of it, I suggest you pray and you pray hard, because life without God is dark. It's so dark, it's depressing. If no one else around you follows God, they I suggest you pray. Because they are in that darkness. They need someone to be the tiny spark that gives them hope, that will lead them to the greatest hope of all.
I guess what I'm trying to say is: when you follow God when no one else does, you are being used by God to bring people into his light.
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