Who are we anyway?

A while back, my neice got a new swing set/play gym and an Amish man came out to the house to put it together. At the time, if you asked my neice who came to the house and put her swing set together, she would tell you "It was the Momish". We all laughed at this thinking how cute it was and how kids hear things differently, yet pick up on a great deal. Well, this whole thing with the Amish has had me thinking. Everyone knows an Amish person when they SEE one. Why is that? Mostly because of the way they are dressed and probably a few other things. So, I was thinking. If a Christian came to put the swing set up for my neice, how would we know it?

This really concerns me because we are suppose to be different than the rest of the world. Not just the way we look but the way we talk, and behave. I remember a time in my life telling my parents that I wanted to be an Amish. I always remember hearing stories of how these people would all come together and build a barn, for example, for one of their neighbors without pay or anything. Just simply because they saw a need and took care of it.....ALL of them.....together. This made a huge impression on me at a time when my soul was still lost. Where were the Christians? Are they doing these things for one another or are they too busy grumbling about "the barn needing built"?

Just some thoughts.