Influence

Have you ever heard of the word influence? We all have an influence on someone no matter how old we are. At the congregation that I attend I am the oldest in the youth group. Sometimes I feel like I'm not being a good influence. There are ten little kids at church and they are constantly watching me. This made me think about if I use this opportunity that I have to influence people. You might think nobody cares what you do but people actually do. There is someone in your life that you influence every time you are around them. It can be a little kid or an adult. The other night I taught the cradle roll class at church. This was my first time teaching a class and I was pretty nervous. When I got in there we started off with a prayer and then sung some songs. The whole time they were watching me wanting everything I had. One song we sang that made me think of this topic it went like this: Oh be careful little feet where you go, Oh be careful little eyes what you see, Oh be careful little mouth what you say, Oh be careful little ears what you hear, Oh be careful little hands what you do. All of these things in this precious song warn us to be careful what we allow ourselves to participate in. So why is it that we get mad at people when they do something that we are doing too? We need to step back and examine ourselves so that the next time we are around someone we will hopefully be in the Godly way instead of the worldly way.