1 Thessalonians 2:8 (New Living Translation)

8 We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.

I read this verse the other day right before goin’ into work. I read it quickly so I could say that I read a lil’ bit before work in attempt to try to jump start my readin’ again. I must confess…I haven’t been readin’ as much as I feel I should be. Anyways…..This verse, even while so briefly read, just stuck with me the rest of the day. I didn’t get to read much more that day. Fri after work, I opted to let everyone else go and do their own thing and just sat outside the apt in the quiet played my guitar and began to read some more. Verse 8 (written above) just kept jumpin out at me… It’s not good enough for us to just tell people about the Gospel and the Love of God and His Son. We have to be willin’ to show them what it means to live out what we’re telling them, and let them see how good God truly is through us and in us. We have to be willing to share our lives with those we come into contact with. We have to be intentional and relational with everything done for a purpose.