You know life can be a great teacher. My middle son Jake is a great kid. He comes home from school and takes off his shoes and everyone knows he’s home. It’s not by the visual site of him, or even the rapid deployment and raid of the cabinets and refrigerator. It is the whiff of an odor, several days ago Jakes shoes got wet and he has been wearing them this way. Well as you can now visualize and smell. The stench is amazing. My wife locked onto the smell like a prize hound and promptly tracked Jake down. She instantly demanded Jake to remove his socks and wash his feet. To which Jake gave one of the most profound statements I have ever heard. After his statement (which I holding back for dramatic effect) caused me to momentarily consider the current condition of our nations educational system. His statement to my wife was, “well you only wash the outside of my socks, that is why they smell”. He said this with a straight face, it left us speechless…It took a minute or so for him to realize he had said something profoundly stupid, fodder for the rest of his life.
How many times have we said something to regret for the rest of our lives. Once it is released it cannot be erased, there isn't a rewind button, we are in constant “live” mode. Apply this to our Christian walk. Many times Christians can say things that have an impact on people lives that last “forever”. Jake only has to live with his comments as long as I’m alive. But what we say to others while representing Christ echo into eternity. I hope this scares you, because it terrifies me. The old Sunday school saying holds true…you are the closest thing to a Bible some will ever see. As Christians we need to be mindful of what we say and were we say it. People are always listening and watching how you live your life. Live your life as such, right thinking matched with right living. People will see what we say long before they hear what we say.
-ps
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