We’re All Role Models, a guest post

We’re All Role Models

1 Timothy 4:12

Set an example for the believers in speech,

in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.

 

I’m a mess!  There’s no doubt about that. I sometimes put my shirt on inside out or backwards. On a really bad day it might be both. I’ve been known to walk around with tags on my new clothes until someone takes pity on me. Most days, my husband gives me a once over to make sure I’m suitable to be out in public.

I tell you this for one reason. I want you to understand, I am not the person people come to in search of fashion advice. Anyway…the other day my husband and I went to a professional photographer.

When his turn came up for individual pictures, I kept fussing with his clothes, rearranging collars, zippers, and other things. We laughed as I explained to the photographer how out of character it was for me being the one adjusting his clothes. I told my husband, it was just that I could see things from a distance that he couldn’t see.

That’s how it is with God. He sees us from a distance and he sees what needs to be adjusted so that we can be a good example for other believers and nonbelievers as well. Perhaps, we’re too judgmental, too impatient, or need more compassion. A tug here, a tug there, a straightening of the collar.

Minor adjustments are usually okay with most of us. It’s the big adjustments that hurt. The big adjustments can change our lives in ways we never imagined. Still, His adjustments are for our own good, but it’s not necessarily easy, comfortable, or even welcome.

Whether we like it or not, we’re all role models. Someone somewhere is watching us, waiting to see if we are going to live our faith or just talk about it.

Are we willing to allow God to make those adjustments so we can be an example to others even if they’re painful? Or are we going to fight him every step of the way?

The choice belongs to each of us. Maybe, you think, you don’t need to change or improve anything. Maybe, maybe not….I’ll let you decide for yourself, but as for me, I know I need His adjustments, I’m a mess.

 

AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY:

 

Lillian Duncan…Stories of faith mingled… with murder & mayhem.

 

Lillian is a multi-published author. Her most recent releases include, The Christmas Stalking, Deception, and Pursued. Betrayed will be released in 2013. She writes the types of books she likes to read—fast-paced suspense with a touch of romance.

 

To learn more about Lillian and her books, you may visit her at www.lillianduncan.net or connect with her on a variety of social media sites. Her blog, Tiaras & Tennis Shoes can be viewed at http://www.lillian-duncan.com. She also has a devotional blog atwww.PowerUpWithGod.com.