Living, Breathing Example

We’ve all heard it before, be on your best behavior at all times, you never know who is watching. Its something that as a child was more of a threat to make you behave, but I’ve come to learn that as a Christian it’s a way of life…

I was at church  on Sunday, waiting for a small group that I belong to which starts shortly after the service. One of the couples in the group actually is the parents of one of my fiancé’s previous employees. We have gotten to know them quite well through this, and I previously have seen the employee a few times here and there, but not a lot by any means. We noticed that the woman of the couple was sitting alone in the café; her husband was working this Sunday. We sat down for coffee with her, as we have become good friends with the couple during this time in our small group together.

While talking about what’s new, and how life is going, she said something that really opened my eyes. It wasn’t some world altering event, and nothing that you would see make the news, but it had a bigger effect on me than almost any story I have ever seen on the news would.

She was talking about her son, and his recent interest in attending our church. He stated he’d noticed a change in his parents that had peaked his interest, which I agree with as my fiancé and I had noticed a change in them as well. He had one other reason for wanting to go though, he stated he’d noticed a positive change in my fiancé and myself.

It just goes to show you, that as you go about your day to day lives… your drive to work, your morning coffee… your crazy work day or your grocery shopping… you never know who might be impacted by the example you are providing. Its not always going to be your best friends/family that come about due to a change in who you are, and you can’t choose whose lives you are going to change.

Remember this moving forward today… Someone could be watching and learning from your example right now! You are a living and breathing example of Christianity and the work of Christ for each and every person that you interact with every second, of every day. Sure it sounds intimidating, and yes it’s a big responsibility…. But its your responsibility!