What do people see when they look at me?

I was at a friend's house one Sunday afternoon with my niece & nephew, Sherry and Chaz and we were playing this game called Headbands. First you have to put on your little plastic headband then you pick a card and put it in the little slot on the front so you can't see it. The object of the game is to try and guess what your card says you are (I am a pig, I am a snake, etc) in an allotted amount of time. You have an opportunity to ask questions to help you figure it out. If you guess what it is and you still have time left you can try another card and keep going until your time runs out. Needless to say the game is a whole lot of fun to play and we had a blast!

I was thinking about this game on the way to work and it made me wonder, if I wore a headband all the time with a little card on it what would it say? An array of thoughts ran through my mind as I tried to picture how people perceived me. I want people who meet me and people who know me to see: I am a friend, I am a follower of Christ, I am a wife, I am a mother, I am a giver, I am a lover of the Word of God. But the truth is, sometimes I show off these character traits instead: I am a whiner, I am a complainer, I am a lover of my self, I am a grouch, I am a fool. Ever feel that way? The good news is we don't have to be perfect for God to love us but we do need to ask for His forgiveness when we complain, whine, are selfish, are grouchy, or are acting like a fool. 1 Peter 2 says this, "Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,  now that you have tasted that the Lord is good."

I always find it comical that God takes even the smallest of events and turns them to His glory! A simple game, a visit to the grocery store, or even reading a school handbook can make us relate something in our life to something in His word.

Think about it!
Is there an event that you've participated in that God has revealed a life lesson in? Do you crave God and His Word? Are your thoughts geared towards pleasing Him so that you can grow up in your salvation? Are you ready to rid yourself all kinds of yucky stuff?