Hypocrisy

Day five of week one was on Hypocrisy. That word and its effect on my life have been crossing my mind ever since. I accepted Christ at the age of ten and grew up in a Christian home with parents who loved me. My church, however, was filled with hypocrites. The principal of my school, who was also a deacon in my church, was a known alcoholic. My Sunday School teacher was the biggest gossip in town. On and on it goes. This, along with my inability to be perfect and thinking I could not be a Christian if I could not BE perfect, drove me away from God. I recognize now how important as an adult we should live out the lives that God has called us to. I can definitely influence someone with just my actions. Thinking that I had little hypocrisy in my life, I asked God to show me. Wow! Sometimes I am sorry I asked. It seems that I have my church friends, my work friends, my homeschool friends. They all know me and my relationship with God. However, those who I am exposed to during the day.... cashiers, people driving on the road, people I speak with on the phone, fast food workers, etc.... do NOT know me and sometimes I show my worst to them. I know I am not perfect and never will be and by the grace of God I am forgiven. I will try to be better to the people that I come in contact with each day...with my words, my thoughts, my driving (LOL), and my actions. Thanks for letting me share my heart. Hold me accountable!