Thank You, Father, for the encouragement to refocus. Our time together is too crucial for me to be hit-and-miss about it. I pray that all of my days will be impacted by the time we spend alone together each morning.
Titus 2:3-5 (<<click here to read the passage)
Every one of us, Lord, has a responsibility – each of us must be attentive to receiving and giving examples of godly living.
Growing up, I don’t know if I deliberately examined and followed the guidance and direction of the godly men and women who crossed my path. As I got older, I may have done so, but I would say that overall, I learned less from what I was told that I should do or not do and way more from how they lived their lives out before me. Many people from a great cross-section of life impacted me – parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, in-laws, Sunday School teachers, church leaders, youth workers – and the list goes on. So many dear people fleshed out what it meant to be a follower of Christ in the ebb and flow of life.
Even today, I still learn, but now, more and more, I am on the teaching side of things – and this goes way beyond my time behind the pulpit. How I interact with the people in my churches on a personal level and how I work with my leadership teams making decisions for the churches enables me to learn. But I also find myself purposely saying and doing things that will convey my commitment to Christ in my work at Kohl’s years ago and now in conversations with my fellow bus drivers. Each day, I interact with people – some who I know well, others who I will never see again – and I am responsible for living before them all a godly life – one of integrity and compassion – a life that shows one and all Whom I belong to and Whom I follow. Lord, help me to conscientiously follow Your lead – to boldly live my life, to be transparent, to love others as You love me.
(Jan 24th, 2016, Sun, 6:32 am)
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