🌍✨ In the World, But Not of It? Honey, Let’s Unpack That💁‍♀️

🧘🏽‍♀️You’ve probably heard the phrase “be in the world but not of the world” tossed around like a gluten free communion wafer at a spiritual potluck. It sounds poetic, mysterious, and just a little bit like a riddle from a monk who’s been fasting for 40 days. But what does it actually mean? And more importantly how do we do it without becoming a hermit in a Himalayan cave or deleting Instagram forever? 📵📿 ✨️Let’s break it down with a little heart, and what most would consider way too many emojis (gotta be me🥰) 🧩 What It Really Means (No, You Don’t Have to Join a Convent) 🎤 To be “in the world but not of the world” is a spiritual mic drop from Jesus himself (John 17:14-16, if you’re into receipts 📖). It means living fully present in this messy, meme filled, TikTok obsessed world but not letting it define you, distract you, or drag your soul into a spiritual identity crisis. 🙃 It’s like being at a party where everyone’s doing the Electric Slide off a moral cliff, and you’re just vibing in the corner with your coffee and discernment. 🪩☕️ 🧠 How to Actually Do This (Without Becoming a Buzzkill) 🧰Here’s your spiritual survival kit, my friends: 1. 🧼 Detox Your Mind, Not Just Your Juice: You can’t be “not of the world” if your brain is marinating in chaos 24/7 That means: Curating your media diet like it’s your sacred temple (because it is).📲 Unfollowing accounts that make you feel like a crusty potato 🥔. Meditating, praying, or just breathing like you mean it. Inhale peace, exhale nonsense. 🧘🏽‍♂️💨 2. 🧭 Know Your North Star: When you know who you are (beloved, chosen, radiant AF ✨), you stop chasing every shiny thing that promises validation. Anchor yourself in divine truth, not trending hashtags. 3. 🛑 Boundaries Are Holy: Jesus flipped tables, not because he was hangry, but because he had standards. You can love people and still say “no thanks” to spiritual junk food. 🍟🚫 4. 🧙🏽‍♀️ Practice Sacred Weirdness: You will look different. You will say no to things others say yes to. That’s not judgment that’s alignment. Be the incense in a world full of Axe body spray. 🌬️💐 5. 💞 Serve Without Sinking: Being “in the world” means showing up loving, helping, healing. But don’t let the world’s pain drown you. You’re a lifeboat, not a sponge. 🛟 💡 Be the Lightbulb, Not the Lampshade: You’re here to glow, not to blend in. Being “not of the world” doesn’t mean being better it means being brighter. It’s about not hiding your light and it’s about not letting the world dim it. 💡🌈 🌸 Love & Light Affirmation: "I am rooted in divine truth, radiant with purpose, and unshaken by the noise of the world. I walk in love, I shine in light, and I bloom in sacred weirdness." Love & Light, always🫶 🙏Here's a prayer crafted to help us walk “in the world but not of it” with grace, grit, and a little holy sass😘 🕊️ Prayer for Sacred Alignment: Divine Creator of Light and Truth, You placed me in this world with purpose, not to be consumed by it, but to transform it. Help me walk with clarity, not confusion. To be present, but not persuaded. To be loving, but not lost. To be bold, but not bitter. To be holy, not hollow. Let me wear Your wisdom like armor, Your love like perfume, And Your truth like glitter on my soul. ✨ When the world tempts me to shrink, Remind me I was born to shine. 🌟 May I be a lotus in the mud rooted, rising, radiant. Not of this world, but sent to heal it. Not swayed by noise, but tuned to Your whisper. Not afraid to stand out, Because I stand in You. In Jesus Holy Name💖 Amen and Ameen and Ashe and So It Is. 🪷 🌈✨☕💫 📚 Sources 📖 The Holy Bible. John 17:14-16. New Revised Standard Version. Smith, James K. A. You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. Brazos Press, 2016. Foster, Richard J. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. HarperOne, 2018. Rohr, Richard. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. Jossey-Bass, 2011. Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. HarperOne, 2001.