Try as I may I cannot hide. I am the things that I do and they are out for all to see. In this age where everything is recorded it seems we have to be on alert 24/7. Who is watching and what for, never before in America have there been so many cameras ready to catch our every move. Don’t worry I am not going to delve into conspiracy theories but even if the cameras weren’t there we would be watched all the time. Should it be that way? I remember one of my favorite priests saying one time, “If you are about to do something and you find yourself looking around to see if anyone is watching then maybe you shouldn’t be doing it.” As Christians we need be mindful for people watch us not for us but to see what Christians are like. Do we swear, lie, cheat, covet? Do we pray before meals? Do we goto Church on Sunday? More importantly how do we act when we are not in church? Convexly the opposite is true. Do we not pray before meals because we fear ridicule? Do we not read our Bible openly because we fear to be thought of as uptight? Do we fear to teach lessons referencing God because we are afraid of stirring up religious conversation? Know this, above all else God is always watching. I know that for some of the things I have done in my past I am surprised God has not struck me with lightning. I chuckle a little over that but he is always watching. He is always hoping that not only will we choose the right way but also share why we choose what we choose if it is for him. If we walk a life where we do as God asks and talk about God and try to share his ways and love will we find ridicule? Yes, but thats part of our call to take up the cross. Accepting Jesus as my lord and savior has given me gifts beyond imagine. Never did I think in days past that I would be where I am and have what I have. Its is all because of God, the teachings of Jesus and help from the Holy Spirit. Think of this though, the lonely soul, lost and beaten, dirty and ashamed, not knowing where to go or how to get where peace and love flourishes. Could you look that person in the eye and not feel remorse that you did not help them and allowed their continued suffering? God calls us to love others as ourselves. If we were the one in pain how would we feel if we found out someone had the answer and did not share it. I think maybe we would be hurt, perhaps angry or confused that someone thought us unworthy to share with. Make no mistake there are those looking let us not hide the light of Jesus that we hold inside. Let it be a guiding light for others. And for those lost, welcome to the doorstep, please come in for on the path and in the home of Jesus love is in abundance and you are wanted.
Luke 9:7-9
7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, 8by some that Eli'jah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen. 9Herod said, "John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him.
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