“Guard your words, actions and reactions carefully. They can’t be taken back, only asked to be forgiven.”

By Misty Strieff Prine

“Just be a good person. Love who you can, help where you can, give what you can.” – Unknown

I always try to live my “every day” life by this theory but with an added mindset of “if I could shine the light of Jesus so that others will 100% know I’m a believer and what He’s done for me”, I’m doing it!” You see, through being just a good, kind and humble human being, REGARDLESS of how you’re feeling or how bad your day has been, THAT alone is your testimony. How you respond to others. You are not doing it for recognition but from the bottom of your heart from a place of genuine Christ-like love.

Always remember that you have an audience. There are two types of audiences: people that you see watching you and there are people you don’t KNOW that are watching you. They both take away so many different viewpoints of you. A lot of us react a different way when we think no one is watching.

In today’s times it’s easy to get aggravated at others and it’s easy for others to get aggravated at you because neither one knows what’s going on in each other’s lives. Also, Jesus may allow your path to cross with a lost person who needs to see Jesus in someone in that exact moment and Jesus sent you to do that job. Don’t let the enemy win and steal that opportunity by letting a bad day possibly ruin that moment. The enemy is always at work. People around you KNOW your situation and your faith and are already wanting to cast doubt on your faith to others and if you are a loose cannon and treat someone ugly, that just gives them a reason to run with something. You’ve given them all the ammunition they need to try to go out and ruin your testimony. Meanwhile, you’ve really hurt someone in the process behaving out of character.

Always guard your words and actions carefully. Words can’t be taken back once said. Just simply be a good person and act how Jesus would have you act and react. Be that person. Be kind. Love and help when you can. It costs absolutely $0 to be nice to someone. People are going through a lot and fighting so many unseen battles. Me included and I’m strong. No act of kindness is too small. Kindness always wins. People just don’t talk about it enough. We need to focus on putting more acts of kindness out in the world and when they ask how to repay you just simply say, “Pay it forward.”

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