Monday, June 30, 2008

What do you do???

On a Monday when you grab the local paper and the headlines are Gambling, Brothels, and war..... you begin to think what have we done? What have we become? My day started out kinda strange, you see I work at a hotel for those of you who dont know that and when I got to work this morning after my 3 day weekend I have a lobby full of people .... complaining people. They were complaining about the breakfast and then making fun of my co=worker after he had left. Trying to be kind I say so what are you all in town for? A gentlemen, the one who was poking fun of my co-worker replies.... "A missions trip with our church". hmmmmm I think wow and immediatly do some pre-judging myself. Not good I know, but I begin to think about the other people that work here and how most are non-believers, I begin to wonder if they know why this group is here and what perception and image of Christ is being portrayed to them. Then I know that I should not be judging but asking myself what image do I portray??? Going through the check out at walmart, or at the gas pump, or driving down the road??? Do I let my frustrations take over? Am I acting in Christs image only when I am at church or my groups or parts of the day but not ALL of the time? For this ONE PRAYER at church to work we must constantly be in check? We must constatnly ask ourselves.. am I portraying Christs image? In everything!! I know its not gonna be easy but I am going to try to put myself in check evenat the mcDonalds drive thru!

3 comments:

Sarah Rulli said...

I agree with you, Miki. It is hard to have part of your mind constantly devoted to living in a way that draws people to Christ. Sometimes I want to be selfish or loosen the reins a little bit... but the damage we can do with our careless words or actions is sometimes more far reaching than we realize at the time. Your post makes me think of Jesus' words that the world would judge Him based on our behavior. The evidence of that judgment is pretty clear. Great post!

Stephanie Thacker said...

Great post Miki! Good to hear from you!

Kathy Guy said...

Hi Miki - you're asking yourself the right questions. Sometimes the hardest part is finding the questions. Love, Kathy