I can’t imagine I’m the only person tired of the Buzzfeed “articles” that fight for our collective eyeballs and advertising dollars on social media. I mean, I already know the best carne asada burrito in San Diego. (Lolita’s, yo!) I don’t need a “news source” to tell me San Diego is awesome.
This influx of San Diego articles on my news feed has recently brought unease to the surface of my heart. I feel like I can’t share them or even speak of them less people think I am moving to San Diego for the wrong reasons. I’ve already heard it a million times:
“San Diego, huh? I feel SO BAD FOR YOU! It must be hard to enjoy all that good weather. You are really roughing it for Jesus, eh?”
Ultimately I am going for Jesus and willingly moving my family 1300+ miles to a house that will be smaller than my present one for 3-4 times the price. We will be sharing the gospel with people in addiction, loss and despair, but, hooray, it will be 70 degrees sometimes!
The fact is, I WILL go surfing. I WILL take my family to the park in December and I WILL rekindle a stoke for my hometown that sat like smoldering embers in the back of my brain after leaving California for the Midwest six years ago. I'm sorry but I will fill your Instagram feed with countless sunset pictures and they will be gorgeous.
I am not ashamed that San Diego just might be the world’s finest city.
I will seek the peace and prosperity of the city where God has placed me. (See Jeremiah 29:7) I will even try and get you to move and join me. There is much to do and we will need workers for the great harvest.
Am I ashamed that I love San Diego? Nope. Do I feel called to share the gospel in San Diego? Yep.
I can live in the tension.
So come on in. The water’s fine.