Best Compliment Ever!

Today was a wonderful day for me. I was able to have two visits from people that attend our Corps. The first was with a 10AM coffee visit that ended up lasting till 3:50PM. It was so refreshing to hang out and enjoy some one on one time with a young mother. At 4PM I had my second visit planned. This was with a mother from the Corps that in the past year has made the decision to become part of our Corps, rather than worship at her family church, to be with her three children that have been with us the last four years. She was coming over for a spot of tea, and to my delight she brought over her new boyfriend. (I have been wanting to meet him - just to check him out) When they got here she teased him about being nervous to meet me. As they were heading over to my house, the woman's 9 year old daughter knowing how nervous he was, looked up at the very tall man and inadvertently gave me one of the best compliments ever. She said to this man, "Don't worry she's just like us, she just don't cuss!"

I went through the thoughts of how cute, how sweet, how clever...but then I thought about it. That truly was a fantastic compliment. It brought to mind the scripture where "I'm to be in the world but not of the world." Being a Christian is an awesome responsibility.

When I hear comments like, "how can they say they are a Christian when they do this or they do that". I have to stop and ask myself, do I ever cause someone to question my Christianity?
I know that I have my moments and I pray that my actions never cause anyone to stumble. I pray that when others see me they can say, "She is just like us, she just loves God!" It's the best compliment ever.