JUST THE OTHER DAY, I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND OF MINE. THROUGH A TEXT, SHE HAD SENT ME AN PHOTO OF SOMETHING SO EXTRAVAGANT, THAT I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING. THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND WAS, "I WONDER WHO THAT BELONGS TO?" SHE LAUGHED AND SAID, "ONLY YOU WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION." LAST NIGHT, GINA WAS TELLING ME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAD HAPPENED AT SCHOOL. I FIRST ASKED HER IF SHE WAS NICE ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID THAT, YES, SHE HAD BEEN. MY NEXT QUESTION TO HER WAS, "IF JESUS HAD PHYSICALLY SPENT THE DAY WITH YOU AT SCHOOL, WOULD HE HAVE THOUGHT THE SAME?" SHE LOOKED AT ME KINDA FUNNY.
THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ON MY MIND EVER SINCE. IT IS A QUESTION THAT WE CAN ALL ASK OURSELVES. I KNOW THAT JESUS SEES OUR EVERY MOVEMENT AND KNOWS OUR EVERY THOUGHT, BUT WOULD THINGS BE DIFFERENT IF HE APPEARED IN HIS HUMAN FORM BEFORE OUR VERY EYES? IF JESUS PHYSICALLY WOKE ME UP THIS MORNING AND SPENT THE DAY WITH ME, WOULD HE BE PLEASED? WOULD HE BE SMILING AS THE MORNING TURNED INTO AFTERNOON? WOULD HE LIKE THE WAY I TREAT MY DAUGHTER, MY PARENTS OR THE PEOPLE I TALK TO THROUGHOUT THE DAY? WOULD HE VIEW MY ACTIONS WITH PRIDE? WOULD HE THINK THAT I AM DESERVING TO BE CALLED A CHRISTIAN?
MY BIBLE PROVIDES ME WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CONDUCT MYSELF IN A TRUE CHRISTIAN MANNER. IT IS UP TO ME TO DECIDE TO USE THE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH I HAVE BEEN GIVEN. IN GOD'S EYES, A SIN IS A SIN IS A SIN. IN HIS EYES, PETTY ANGER IS JUST AS DESTRUCTIVE AS MURDER. GOD SEES A LIE OR THE SIMPLE ACT OF BEING RUDE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS ADULTRY. I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IT IS THE SMALL, DAILY AGGRAVATINGS OF LIFE THAT PLACE ME IN SERIOUS NEED OF DAILY, HEARTFELT REPENTANCE. MY SNAPPY ATTITUDE, MY QUICK TONGUE AND MY TENDENCY TO BE UNFORGIVING ARE NOT WORTH A LOSS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD.
I TRY DAILY TO BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS IN MY THOUGHTS, MY ACTIONS AND MY WORDS. I WANT OTHERS TO SEE THE GOD IN ME. FOR WAY TOO LONG, I CAUSED HIM TO FROWN. I NO DOUBTEDLY CAUSED HIM MANY TEARS. THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE, I AM STRIVING TO BE A BETTER PERSON TODAY. I WANT TO CAUSE THE LORD TO SMILE. IF JESUS PHYSICALLY KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AT ANY GIVEN TIME, I WOULD TO BE A CAUSE OF HAPPINESS TO HIM.
2 JOHN 1:6 THIS IS LOVE, THAT WE WALK ACCORDING TO HIS COMMANDMENTS. THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT, THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU SHOULD WALK IN IT.
THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ON MY MIND EVER SINCE. IT IS A QUESTION THAT WE CAN ALL ASK OURSELVES. I KNOW THAT JESUS SEES OUR EVERY MOVEMENT AND KNOWS OUR EVERY THOUGHT, BUT WOULD THINGS BE DIFFERENT IF HE APPEARED IN HIS HUMAN FORM BEFORE OUR VERY EYES? IF JESUS PHYSICALLY WOKE ME UP THIS MORNING AND SPENT THE DAY WITH ME, WOULD HE BE PLEASED? WOULD HE BE SMILING AS THE MORNING TURNED INTO AFTERNOON? WOULD HE LIKE THE WAY I TREAT MY DAUGHTER, MY PARENTS OR THE PEOPLE I TALK TO THROUGHOUT THE DAY? WOULD HE VIEW MY ACTIONS WITH PRIDE? WOULD HE THINK THAT I AM DESERVING TO BE CALLED A CHRISTIAN?
MY BIBLE PROVIDES ME WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CONDUCT MYSELF IN A TRUE CHRISTIAN MANNER. IT IS UP TO ME TO DECIDE TO USE THE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH I HAVE BEEN GIVEN. IN GOD'S EYES, A SIN IS A SIN IS A SIN. IN HIS EYES, PETTY ANGER IS JUST AS DESTRUCTIVE AS MURDER. GOD SEES A LIE OR THE SIMPLE ACT OF BEING RUDE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS ADULTRY. I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IT IS THE SMALL, DAILY AGGRAVATINGS OF LIFE THAT PLACE ME IN SERIOUS NEED OF DAILY, HEARTFELT REPENTANCE. MY SNAPPY ATTITUDE, MY QUICK TONGUE AND MY TENDENCY TO BE UNFORGIVING ARE NOT WORTH A LOSS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD.
I TRY DAILY TO BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS IN MY THOUGHTS, MY ACTIONS AND MY WORDS. I WANT OTHERS TO SEE THE GOD IN ME. FOR WAY TOO LONG, I CAUSED HIM TO FROWN. I NO DOUBTEDLY CAUSED HIM MANY TEARS. THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE, I AM STRIVING TO BE A BETTER PERSON TODAY. I WANT TO CAUSE THE LORD TO SMILE. IF JESUS PHYSICALLY KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AT ANY GIVEN TIME, I WOULD TO BE A CAUSE OF HAPPINESS TO HIM.
2 JOHN 1:6 THIS IS LOVE, THAT WE WALK ACCORDING TO HIS COMMANDMENTS. THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT, THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU SHOULD WALK IN IT.
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