The Beauty of Goody two shoes

A short post I wrote a couple years ago

For all of you who have ever been graced with the name "goody-good" or a "good two shoes", like me, then you know how condescending and belittling that can be. Especially for a young adult in college? Ever since I was a little kid, people have always called me out for doing the "right" thing or always being the good girl.In fact, they do it so much they make us feel bad for doing the right thing? Now that just screams something wrong to me. How has it become that people get penalized for not even necessarily doing the right thing, but rather just being perceived as always doing the right thing?
"Oh, you don't drink? You're no fun, you're just a goody good."
"We didn't invite you because we thought you wouldn't like the smoking."
"You are such a goody two shoes- you're not allowed to get mad."
My past year and half in college has seen these types of statements exponentially increase. And at the end of the day, I often find myself feeling put down just for being who I am. People make me feel like I am ABNORMAL because of the way I live my life. Well, here is some encouragement for you fellow goody-goods and goody two shoes: we are ABNORMAL and that is simply wonderful.
As a Christian in a foreign secular world, we are already set apart from the rest of society, and the rest of the world. We are by the very definition of being believers, not a part of this world. If you aren't a believer in Jesus Christ, I'd encourage you to keep reading anyways, if you have any questions please please feel free to message me or comment, and hopefully this will encourage you as well.
I was doing my quiet time the other night, reading the Bible, and I came across this verse that made me think about all of this:
It reads: "...if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words... when they see the purity and reverence of your lives." - 1 Peter 3:1
I thought about it for awhile, and though being called a "goody good" is oh so annoying and just very condescending, is it really such a. . . bad thing?
I mean, if you think about it, my fellow "goody two shoes", you display such a life of GOODNESS to others that people actually call you out on it! The way you live your life stands out to people and maybe they tease or judge you because they question why and how you can uphold such a life of honor and dignity in a world and society that pulls you in every other direction.
Now another part I have a hard time dealing with is when people place this title on me and I know myself and I know I am anything but good. If only they knew the real me or saw all of my dirt, they would never call me out. But, the thing I think that makes a difference between the way we "goody goods" live our lives out is that although we may have dirt or skeletons in our closet, we manage to stop that muck from dirtying up any other areas of our lives; and I think that by itself is wonderful.
So next time someone calls me a "goody two shoes", all I can help to do is smile. I am living a life that stops people in their track to wonder. I am living a life that defies the pressures of people and society. I am living a life that radiates the goodness of my Creator and light.
So chin up my fellow "goody goods", because you are too.