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Where Does Your Shadow Fall? Aug 30 2010
"Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example." - Philippians 3:17
A Bible School teacher told me about a time she noticed a boy sitting in the hall with a stern look on his face barking orders to the other children. "What are you doing?" she asked. "I'm pretending I'm the pastor," he said. "How are you playing the pastor?" He explained, "I ain't doing nothing. I'm just telling everybody else what to do!"
We sometimes never know where our shadows fall and how they influence others. Martin Luther cast a long shadow over Germany, Europe and over the world - a long shadow for good. About 500 years later, Adolph Hitler also cast a long shadow over Germany, Europe and over the world...a devastatingly evil shadow. Two lives, two men; one filled with the Spirit of the Lord, one filled with the spirit of the devil.
You will probably never influence the entire world like Luther or Hitler, but I guarantee you will have tremendous influence on some part of it. It may be as a parent, co-worker, neighbor, or friend. It may be as a coach or teacher - or even as a fifth grader being a role model for a 1st grader. You won't always be conscious of where your shadow falls, but the fact is that you touch many lives while walking this earth.
What kind of shadow do you cast? Is it for good or for bad? Is it to curse or to bless? Is it to encourage or to discourage? Only your shadow knows.
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Yes, report it NevermindI understand the devotion, but my outlook is like this. When people look at me I just want them to see Jesus living in me. I don't want to cast a shadow myself, because after I am gone I will be forgotten but Jesus will be forever. have a blessed day.
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Yes, report it NevermindThe longest "shadow" I will leave is in my childre and grandchildren. But, we all touch lives for good and not so good; often without even knowing it. When I've told people that they "had a great influence on my life", they have often been surprised.
As the old saying goes, "I can't hear what your saying, because of how loud what you are doing is".