Happy Fourth of July! Today we celebrate our independence from Great Britain, and we should celebrate (though I wish we would also use the occasion to teach history to our children). We enjoy freedoms that others in our world only dream of. And while our world today is very different than it was in the 18th century, it was the convictions and actions of people then that helped shape the world in which we live. I truly doubt if the Committee of Five (Adams, Jefferson, Livingston, Franklin, & Sherman), who drafted the Declaration of Independence, were aware of the impact their labors would have on our country and the world! I mention this to ask if you are aware of the impact your actions and convictions will have on future generations. Of course not, I don’t believe we can know the extent to which we impact others. However, we do know we impact others, and the greatest impact we can have on anyone has eternal implications. People are watching you, and your words, actions, and convictions will both directly and indirectly impact them. Are you living every moment of your life so to be an example to others? I've often heard how the preacher & his family live in a fishbowl. Might I suggest that every believer lives in a fishbowl, observed by countless others to see our reactions to injustice, disease, setbacks, & loss. They really just want to see if you experience the true freedom in Christ you speak of.
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And as long as the water in that fish bowl stays clear, nothing is really thought or said. But, one time of getting the water murky, the evidence is forever there! I whole heartedly agree with you about all of we Christians living our lives knowing we are being watched because others are but also God is watching too!
P.S. Praise God that by the blood of Christ our murky water in the fish bowl becomes clear again to God!
Amen on the blood of Christ!
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