People Are ALWAYS Watching…and Judging!
Your “true” self is always on display. No matter how much spin or smoke and mirrors it might be possible to create, no matter how many “filters” you use, in spite of your perfectly crafted word choices or skillfully staged images, patterns emerge and Truths speak beyond the words and images. If you could see what others see, you may like yourself…or you may not. In the end, all that is “true” is you are ALWAYS a GOOD example…
You are a good example of what TO DO.
– or –
You are a good example of what NOT TO DO.
And even that determination is up to others. Others decide if you are a “good” or “bad.” They might be right. They might be wrong. You may end up glorified. You may end up vilified. Either way, you have no real control over how others judge you.
Is it fair?… Is it right?… Is it just?!… No… but it is the way it is. It is that way of this world.
There is always a “judge.”
The key is to decide whose judgement matters.
Who will you listen to? Whose judgment will you accept as correct such that you adjust how you speak, write, act, and even think to meet the criteria within that system of judgement?
When I chose to follow a Judge named Yeshua, my life changed dramatically. What I have seen over the course of these 15 years as His disciple is an overflow of love and generosity from others and sometimes even myself. I have also seen more clearly evil as manifest in the hearts, minds, and actions of humans. While some of God’s children succumb to the spirit of the enemy and sow discord, dissention, and death, others bring His Light to this pitch black space and it is mesmerizingly beautiful. When I meet God’s angels with skin, I am often rendered speechless.
It happened recently. I opened my mail to an envelope covered in little hand-drawn hearts of all colors. When I opened the gift, I discovered three tokens of appreciation. The note revealed the gifts came from a woman I only know through Facebook. She stated, “When I saw these Wonder Woman things, I thought of you. Thank you for all the kindness you have shown me! Take care, Lori.”
I cried.
I cried because I knew, at least this once, I was finally a good example of what to do. Even in this broken, dark, and evil time and place, Light shines through others and sometimes it radiates through me.
Whether you are a good example of what to do or a good example of what not to do, God will always show you what type of example you are….and if you don’t like what you see, you can always choose a new path.
“I am saying this: run your lives by the Spirit. Then you will not do what your old nature wants. For the old nature wants what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is contrary to the old nature. These oppose each other, so that you find yourselves unable to carry out your good intentions.
Galatian 5:16-17
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Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell
Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell is an Author, Speaker, Coach of Wealth & Happiness with a mission to bring research, wisdom, and authenticity to others via “The Happiness Formula.”