Caught in the Act

Do you ever do anything in private that you wouldn't normally just walk up doing in front of strangers and/or friends? Yesterday I got caught doing something that I normally try to keep private, and since I don't have any pride, I figured I would share it with you guys this morning. I have a confession that will probably shock a lot of you, but for the sake of a not too bad parallation I am going to share it with you.


I am a nose picker! I know its a little gross....OK, maybe a lot gross, but I don't always have a tissue. Without getting into too much detail and for the sake of keeping this G rated, lets just agree that I have a problem. Normally I am confined to the auto pick. Meaning that I normally do this act while riding down the road. Hope everyone is still with me. Anyway yesterday I was sitting at a light and I was really caught up in the preachings of R.C. Spraul when I looked over to see some high school girls looking and laughing at me. I was busted. Overcome with shame all I could do was smile and wave and hope that I never see these people again, ever. I am forever branded as a nose-picker in their eyes.

This is no way who I am as a person, but for the brief encounter they will probably tell 20-30 of their friends about the bald guy digging for gold at a red light and have years of laughter over. Why couldn't I have been singing and raising my hands? But that is just it, we have such an impact everyday on a lot of people. Whether it is good or bad, our actions can and will affect people.

As children of the King our lives should at all times display this. Now, I don't think that being a nose picker has branded me as a devil child (like I said before...for the sake of a parallation, all other nose pickers can breathe a sigh of relief), but we do affect a lot of people with our actions and habits. Lets say you are out at a restaurant and order a beer with dinner or maybe you tell a dirty joke in mixed company. My point is simply this....we have an obligation to a higher calling when we are born again. The bible says in Phillipians 3:14 "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." And in Romans it reminds us of the importance of being that Christ-like example. 13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way. 14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Romans 14:13-14 (NASB)

So my question to you this morning are any of your so called private matters casting any stumbling blocks for others? Do you need a reality check on your impact on others. Our actions speak louder than words and because of this we need to be on our guard at all times.

Have a Blessed Day!!!