Shyness Vs Obedience

I have always been the type of person who was embarrassed easily. If a cute guy would talk to me or i act clumsily i would always be super embarrassed. if i had a message to deliver to someone i didn't know or for some reason i had to speak to someone i had never met before, there was always this element of being shy. Even now meeting new people for me is not as easy as I make it appear. You must be thinking "does a shy person have a blog?" The thing is i can be so bold with friends and persons who know me and I am sure everyone WHO does know me and reads this would say "shy when?" The truth is though there is something really uncomfortable to me to have to walk up to someone and introduce myself. If u come speak to me that's great. I would always TRY to keep the conversation going. But that's another story.
As a christian i have realised that this was a habit i would soon have to break out of. God sometimes asks us to deliver messages to persons. Sometimes these are good messages and other tomes they are rebukes. No one wants to hear a rebuke and because of this they sometimes want to 'kill the messenger'. It is for this reason that i was afraid to do and say what i knew God wanted me to do and say. Reading this verse however, changed that instantly.Ezekiel chapter three verse eighteen says "When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood."(NIV). Basically the verse is saying if i send a warning to someone via you (my servant) and you choose not to deliver it, that person will die in their sin and you will be held accountable.
I am sorry but i do not want any ones blood on my hands. I dint think i could live with that kind of guilt. Knowing that some one is going to hell because i didn't want to feel uncomfortable or because i did not want to be persecuted or even because i didn't want to hurt feelings or offend is not something i will accept lightly. A good friend of mind pointed out something to me recently. If a person is not offended when you point out a flaw then they will not feel obligated to change it. And it is true. Think back on a time you made a change in your life and then really think about why you made that change. You'd be surprised at what you would find.
My encouragement is similar to last night's. OBEDIENCE is the key. The truth offends. The bible says that Gods word is like a double edged sword and it should pierce us. Don't be afraid to do what God requires of you not matter how weird or bizarre it seems. God wont ask you to do anything that you cant do. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your part! My friends trust in God and be obedient to his voice and you will see, it will all get easier.