Choose His Glory

I usually joke about everything and laugh my way through most of what goes on around me. Lately I have laughed less and hurt more. I tend to study people around me, whether I know them or not. This gives me more of an idea of how to bring up certain conversations with people or to just nod and smile at others. You can never be too careful right? It just breaks my heart that you can offend so many people just by saying the word Christ. I see myself even avoiding the conversations about God at times.....Afraid of what the outcome might be, but as I pray more and see the changes God has made in me.....I have wanted to shout out more and more to anyone who can hear me..."look at what you can have too!". As you walk down a sidewalk or in the mall or anywhere.......study the people around you and listen to the ridiculous conversations they are having. You can tell right away that most of the normal conversation excludes the name of God and His word. It is our job as His children to get out there and make it known that nothing else matters. What is life without Christ? What is an existence without recognition of what was done for us to live forever and be free from sin? Around the world there are people being persecuted for spreading the words of love, wisdom, salvation and eternity in Christ. I pray day after day that the Lord use me to spread His glory in some small way. A challenge we accept as Christ accepted our sin, is to fight the good fight of faith. I don't know what you all pray about or do in your spare time, but I challenge you to study the people around you and pray that the Lord give us the strength to spread His love and graciousness to those people.