Image Bearers

I'm that person that can truly get lost in the moment. I can let whatever is going on overshadow all other things if I let it. I'm the person that people LOVE to market to because a good sappy commercial gets me every time and I'm ready to by that product or believe that master card commercial that what I "need" must be priceless because looks that memory that you are making. Thankfully I can be such a person who lives in the moment and by my emotions that as soon as the next commercial comes on I realize that what I really need is not the master card but the american express and then maybe the Capital One ....... and then maybe.....

Okay a bit over the top but you get the picture. For the most part I like that I'm a person who feels things at a deep level. I like to call myself passionate instead over emotional. Sometimes this does lead me into a bit of trouble. I can let negative things - those moments of regret or hurt rob me of all the good things that are going on. Often I let my my worst moment define my day, or week or month. I have this raging self critic that gets me every time. So I'm really trying to work on this. These moments will happen in life. We should realize that we have things in our live that we should regret, or things that we should change, ways that we have wronged people. We should take those moments and learn and grow and move forward into becoming the person that you were created to be AND those moments should not define you as a person. Each of us were created in be image bearers of Christ. We should allow our lives to be defined by that. That is pretty powerful. That allows me to be in a difficult and remember that I do not have to let that moment overshadow who I am in Christ.

Just some thoughts on Thursdays evening :)