Underneath It All

Everyday we get up, we go to work, we do "our thing."  Whatever it is that we do, we do it because we have to, because things have to get done, because we love it.  Whatever your reason, we all get up to do something.  Once we get there, whomever we see that day, do you let people see who you really are, or do you put on a show?

There a lot of "shows," by the way.  The I don't have any problems of my own, so I'll fix yours and put mine on the back burner, or the I'm a devoted Christian in church, but then out in the church parking lot, discuss what so and so had on that day (and not in a flattering manner)... Whatever the case may be, we all feel it deep down, or way back, inside of us.  Something telling us to deal with our own problems first, or not to say that thing that might hurt someone if we said it to their face.  That's the Holy Spirit telling us to hold back.  Believe it or not, there are times when we are to hold back things we wanna do or say, even if we justify them by putting others in the wrong.  It's so hard sometimes to just let go and let God.  But that's something God gave to us:  Free Will.  He created us to make our own choices; choices that could lead us running either towards, or away from, Him.

I mean, think about it.  He created our physical bodies so that we could make a choice in what we're going to eat that day;  a choice as to what is going to give us the fuel for living!  That's a big responsibility on our part!  But we sure do go through the motions on that one, don't we?  I've eaten so much bad-for-me food this past week just because I haven't had much of a kitchen to cook it in.  But that doesn't mean I couldn't have gone somewhere to grab some fresh veggies instead of eating all that, well, junk.  Buh.

Our life is full of choices.  Mostly really small choices that make up the big ones, in the end.  Let's choose our words (and even our food) wisely.  Because, underneath it all, who are we... really?

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.  But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.  Joshua 24:15

-Tara K