Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us. 1 Peter, 2:12, NIV
I saw her in the supermarket aisle. She was smartly dressed with comfortable shoes, looking intelligent, and quickly collecting her groceries. I wondered if she might be a teacher, too. It wasn’t until I pulled up my cart behind her in the check-out line that I knew for sure. There on her backside was the line of chalk. I knew it! No one but a teacher would have that mark!
Christians should have tell-tale marks too.
Let’s ask ourselves today, Do I have identifying marks that reveal a family likeness to Christ? Do people recognize Christ by the purity of my speech, my respectful treatment of my students, my submission to authority, or my refraining from gossip? Am I compassionate and caring? Am I living a holy life?
By law, we may be prohibited from preaching Christ in our public schools, but there is no law anywhere, even in a public school, against love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control!
Lord, please help me to allow the fruit of the Spirit to shine through me today. Grant me the willingness to love even those who are unlovable. Amen.
Copyright Shirley Wilson.
Shirley is a retired Christian Educators member and a former board member.
