Posers

What is a pet peeve of yours? 

One of mine are "posers." I'm not sure if this term is used by people in your generation, but when I was in High School, probably more Middle School, the term "poser" meant someone who acted like they were one thing that they really weren't. The kids who acted and said they were one thing, but their actions said the opposite.

First of all this is a pet peeve of mine because why can't you just be yourself?! You are the best YOU that could ever be, why try to hide any of that greatness?! But that's for a different time and place...

Take a look at scripture here ... 

1 John 1:5-7

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.

How do you feel when someone lies?! 

Let's say you work super hard on a group project. Every time you were suppose to meet with your partner they either didn't show, or sat there playing on their phone the whole time you were actually WORKING! You decide to take the high road, turn the project in and just get it over with. You're awarded an A! Finally, you feel like this whole experience was worth it. Then you overhear your partner complaining to others in the class that you didn't do any of the work, they had to do it themselves. 

WHAT???!!! I would have a hard time keeping my cool and not going off completely! Hopefully you'd be able to control yourself and think though the situation.

Now...put yourself in God's shoes..

He sits watching us say..

 "I am a 'Good Christian'," but then we argue with our parents and siblings.

"I am a 'Good Christian'," but then we're rude to someone at school who we perceive to be different from us.

"I am a 'Good Christian'," but then we ignore Him all week.

Be who Christ calls you to be. Not just once or twice a week, or at Sunday School, but every moment of every day!

Journal Time!

 (Write down on old school paper with a pen or through some sort of technology...)

1) What do you want others, and most importantly God, to say about you? (What image are you trying to portray 7 days a week?)

2) Pray that God would open your eyes to ways you can grow closer to Him. 

Love and Blessings!

Christine