Lord, make me a mirror of Your heart - Daily Bible Reflections October 26,2014

COPYCATS

 

You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. – 1 Thessalonians 1:6

 

       In the many years that I was a youth minister, I’ve long understood the responsibility of being a good model to young people. Everything I did then — good and bad — became a license for the teenagers in our youth group to copy me. That’s why it weighed heavily upon me to live my life with integrity.

       Now that I have kids, all the more I feel the weight of that burden. Every single day, I have two tikes who tail me around the house, literally looking up at me and observing everything I do and say. They’re like sponges absorbing the way I talk, how I act and what I believe.

       Sometimes, when they do something wrong, I ponder and ask myself if they unknowingly learned it from me. They’re like mirrors that reflect my bad attitudes that I’m blind to.

       All of us have the responsibility to be good examples to others — especially to the younger ones around us. May we leave them a legacy of goodness and godliness. Rissa Singson-Kawpeng (justbreatherissa@gmail.com)

 

Reflection: “Be on your toes — both for yourselves and your congregation of sheep. The Holy Spirit has put you in charge of these people — God’s people they are — to guard and protect them. God himself thought they were worth dying for.” (Acts 20:28)

 

Lord, make me a mirror of Your heart.

 

Blessed Contrado Ferrini, pray for us.