Shy people don't need to become extroverts

Your personality says a lot about who you are. That's why it's called your personality. I don't know if you have ever taken a personality test before, but if you have, I bet you were shocked about how accurate the results were. Once you learn what your personality is, it becomes easier to understand your own self and how you function.

Are you in extrovert or an introvert? You don't really need a personalty test to tell you the answer to that one. You are either a super outgoing person who loves to be around people or you're a little shy and like to keep to yourself. One isn't better than the other, it is just how we are wired and there really isn't any changing it.

Not the you care, but last time I took the Myers-Briggs I was 51/49. 51% extrovert and 49% introvert. Which seems fairly accurate, but I think I have become way more extroverted since last summer.

I know that sometimes, the introvert part of me envy's those who are extremely extroverted. I observe those who can carry on a conversation with anybody and I wish able to do that. Those of you who are introverted might feel the same way. You have a desire to love people, get to know them, and talk to them, but you don't know how to do it. And let me tell you, that is totally fine!

Check out this verse:

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (1 John 4:12)

Some people just simply enjoy being with others. They make friends with strangers easily and are always surrounded by friends. Other people are shy or reserved. They have few friends, but are frequently uncomfortable talking with people they don't know or mingling in crowds. Shy people don't need to become extroverts in order to love others. John isn't telling us how many people to love, but how much to love the people we already know. Our job is to love faithfully the people God has given us to love, whether there are two or two hundred of them. If God sees that we are ready to love others, he will bring them to us. No matter how shy we are, we don't need to be afraid of the love commandment. God provides us strength to do what he asks.

What I really want to push you to remember from this post is that shy people don't need to become extroverts to love one another. I hope that is encouraging to so many people because not everyone is an extrovert. There are a ton of shy people out there, some who might struggle with it. It's totally okay! It's never about how many people we love, it's about how much we love the people we already know.