Our Life is a Message.

This statement hit me hard, REALLY hard.  I thought to myself, my life a message?  WOW, if my life is a message, what message am I sending with my life?  And who am I sending a message to?  I really need to look closely at this and I’m thinking it’s NOT going to look pretty.  Here we go…….

What is a message?  I leave voice mail messages several times a day and little messages to people via email, text, or a little note/message for my son in his daily planner for school, “have a GREAT day, I love you!  Love, Mom”, but I’m thinking that a life message is different.

I had to look this one up in a dictionary – I am grateful for the one (dictionary) I downloaded on my itouch, it made it simple for me to get the definition quickly.  Here’s what it said:

Message 1. A communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled.  Semantic Words:  content, subject matter, substance

Usually brief.  A communication written, spoken, signaled – USUALLY BRIEF?  If the messages are usually brief, this doesn’t give me much wiggle room to screw up as I interact with people in my daily interactions; I screw up ALL the time!!  What if I’m having a bad day? What if I’m grumpy?  I can pretty much guarantee my life message has looked pretty nasty to some people.  God forgive me.

I’ve got only a brief moment to show my life message.  I like this; but I don’t because I’m already feeling sick to my stomach thinking about the many “icky” messages I’ve sent with the way that I’ve lived my life in the past.  A lot of these messages were unspoken, shown by my actions and how I lived.  Yeah, I’ve sent some pretty horrible messages….Gross, I am NOT proud!

Who am I?  What’s MY content?  Subject matter? Substance?  I’ve been struggling with these questions for several years now…….what’s my purpose?

I know my life message is different today than it was a year ago and I pray that as I continue to grow my purpose becomes clearer.  I am challenged by the statement, our life is a message, and I want to keep this in the forefront of my mind.  Unfortunately I cannot go back and change many of the bad messages that I’ve “displayed”, I can only choose today to display a better message.   I desire that my life message will bear the fruits of the spirit:  love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

I am grateful that His mercies are new every morning and pray that, for today, my life message will be fruitful.