Self At Home!

It is easy to put on an act for those out in the world. On the other hand it is more difficult to keep the act up with those we are around more frequently. Our closest friends and family know us too well. It is not easy, especially over time, to mask our real selves to those among whom we live.
How consistent are we in our MANNER OF LIVING from day-to-day within our own homes?

It is important to try to get along in the world. As Christians -- though we must always uphold God’s standards -- we are still called to be peacemakers. ( Matthew 5:9) However, are we sometimes easier to live with in the world than we are in our own homes? Isn’t it just as important for us to get along with family? Aren’t the Christian principles we are to live out in our lives among the world still to be practiced at home?

“I just want to have a place where I can be myself.” Is that how we feel? Certainly we need a place where we can relax and not have to feel like we must keep our guard up. Home should be such a place. That does not mean, however, we kick off our spiritual shoes, sit back, and use the members of our families as footstools on which to rest our dirty feet.

In Psalms we read…
“I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I WILL WALK WITH INTEGRITY OF HEART WITHIN MY HOUSE;” ( Psalm 101:2 ESV)

We ought to strive to live with INTEGRITY or UPRIGHTNESS both among the world and within our homes. If our Christianity is merely like the coat we hang by the door to be put on when we leave our home and take off when we return, then it has not become for us what our Lord intended. Our Christianity -- living as disciples of Jesus, seeking to please Him and bringing glory to His Name -- is to be our MANNER OF LIVING wherever me might be or whomever we are among. May the genuineness of our walk in Christ be evident even at home.

Have a great day HELPING HOME BE A HOLY HAVEN!
Carl

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