I am naturally a very shy person and have few friends. As a Christian who has hit rock bottom, but is now finally on the way up due to God's grace I feel that I am finally discovering the faith that I have been seeking for so long.
Good, it's always good to find Christ's brothers being fed well.
My conundrum is telling other people. This may seem trivial, but the thought of telling others scares the wits out of me. Lets be honest here, in the general secular population which we all must spend a good proportion of our day through the workplace etc Christians tend to be sneered and laughed at. I feel that my struggle to 'fit in' will be made even more difficult with my revelation of being a born again Christian.
Maybe. Let's start with the fact that people will sneer, but I've got two points.
As to human opinion: people sneered at the eyewitnesses to Christ's resurrection. You're in good company. People sneer at facts. Humans like to think we're enlightened, but we're not. We're darkened. So when the light comes on, we're going to try everything to escape it.
But second, what message are you conveying? People who don't want it to go on will not often press you to the point of preaching. Simply state that you think this guy did die and get up out of the grave 2000 years ago, and you live in light of that. Let 'em sneer away at that. If they challenge what you think about
them, you don't need to answer that if you don't want to. I normally have a few pat responses to that, you'll need a few that fit your style. Mine are --
"You don't think you're perfect, do you? So the jury's out on you."
"Why would my opinion of you matter to whether someone resurrected 2000 years ago?" (Let them answer the question for themselves.)
"Nobody died and left me in charge. In fact the one who died is back -- so why is my opinion important?"
As you can see, I like bluntly turning such sneering back toward people so maybe afterward, they'll think about it. But you can pick your method. The idea is to get across just one simple fact: you're on the belief side of this struggle. Nothing more has to be said. But if you feel like I do about my past failures to answer, nothing less will do when you're asked.