Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Whirling Thoughts in My Head

I have said this before to a few people, but it's something that I got to thinking about this morning while I was getting ready. I know, especially during the summer, that clothing and modesty are topics that pop up a lot. And I usually say, if God/Jesus were to be standing in front of you, would you be ashamed to wear it? Would you constantly be pulling and tugging your shorts down or your shirt up? Btw-I have heard people say that they just don't make long shorts. I beg to differ on this. I know for a fact that they are at Old Navy. They are called Bermuda shorts. Or you could always just settle for capris. You can't go wrong there. But back to my little motto...I got to thinking this morning that you could apply that to a lot of things. If God/Jesus were standing in front of you, would you be ashamed of your language, clothing, attitude, the drink in your hand, the drugs or cigarettes in your hand or the lifestyle that you lead? I am not trying to call anybody out. I was thinking about using in the blog and then I got to thinking about myself. I don't drink, I don't smoke or do drugs and I don't wear shorty shorts, etc. But I have been prone to talk about people or wear an undershirt that showed that I constantly had to pull up. As a matter of fact, I am wearing one of those shirts today(well I was when I started writing this). It gets annoying having to pull it up too. But thinking about it this morning really made me stop and think, I don't feel like I am a horrible person, but there are lots of things that I wouldn't say or do if God or Jesus were standing in front of me. And that is something that I need to work on as a Christian. It's a long road to get where God wants us to be. We aren't perfect and God doesn't expect for us to be. But He does expect us to give it all we got and then some. And I don't mean do a halfway job, being a Christian is something that involves changing your everyday life. I beat myself up when I make mistakes and I make them often. I made a mistake recently that I may not be able to take back, but thankfully God loves me enough to forgive me. And the most valuable thing is that I usually learn a lesson from mistakes and hopefully won't do it again. But God is always there to pick me up when I fall.
2 Timothy 2:15-17 ESV version "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene..."

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