Today was my wife's birthday, so tonight we went out as a family to eat at Pizza Hut and then to a movie (Bedtime Stories...great movie). When we were finishing up eating, we saw a friend from the community whose family has recently been through some difficult times and we stood and talked with her. I didn't ask her permission to use her name, but they are very respected people in our community. But that's not the important part anyway...the important part was her words. Her husband has recovered from major surgery and her daughter has recently recovered from a bad accident. She talked about the adversity that they had faced and how difficult that it was. But she told me that they remained positve because she knew that "people were watching us and how we would handle it" and she said that they didn't want people to walk away "feeling sorry for us" but instead they wanted "to be an example so that others would see them and have hope for the situations in their lives". WOW!! Is that awesome or what?
It really made me think about how much we can have an influence on other people. We may not realize that people are watching us, but they are. And our actions can influence how they live their life. What situations or circumstances are you facing in your life right now?...because there are people watching you to see how you are going to respond. This may be your opportunity to give people hope...to set an example...to infuence someone...to show people Jesus Christ.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr
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