As I continue my journey with Jesus, I find myself constantly asking and telling myself that I am suppose to be putting God in everything I do and say. And as we all know, that is easier said than done. But I find when I surround myself with God and his teachings, it does become easier. What I mean by surrounding myself with God, I mean in my everyday life like music and reading the Bible daily or talking with others about God.
I have to say the easiest one to do is music. Music can be all around us and it helps me focus on my thoughts and words. I listen to it in the car (thank you Sirus XM for The Message Channel) and in my home with my iPod. I have to thank Beth Stoddard and others in our creative team for introducing me to Christian music that I really like. When I do listen to other stations (and I am mostly a country music girl)I become more aware of some of the words that I don't want my son to hear. Now, don't get me wrong, country music is awesome :) but does have some words in it that Chaytor doesn't need to say (However it's better than others, ya know what I mean).
So the question I have been pondering is how can I (and others) put God in everything I do?
Now that I don't have a paying job (LOL), it's easier to not let the trials of everyday life get too far out of hand. But when I did work, I found it hard when dealing with others, on putting God's word into practice. I could do it with my interactions with my students mainly because I got along with them and gave them respect and listened where other teachers did not. My students and I pretty much got a long well. It's the other situations that could be hard. When you are in a disagreement with someone else and they are saying pretty bad stuff about you, it's really hard to "pray for our enemies".
And it also made me think "How do others practice God's word in their places of employment that have nothing to do with God or where you are not suppose to talk about God?" I assume that you then just follow God's teachings with out voicing them, but acting upon them?
Now, when I am honest with myself and really think about God's word, I think "We are suppose to apply it to everything we do from waking up to driving to listening to music to talking with others, etc. RIGHT? that is what the Bible says right?
I feel it's hardest to this when talking with someone who talks bad about others. I am guilty of this too, no perfection there. And I think to myself, I should try to turn the conversation around, to add a positive note......
I also wonder if they (including me too) have an other things to talk about if I am not gossiping about others? Would the world be a much quieter place? How do we go about changing this since we all interact with each other and no one makes anyone happy 100% of the time? easier said than done, right?
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