dailydatewithgod

I wonder if my life were to be a silent film what would the screens of words in between scenes say was happening.  I am the first one to say that words are important.  I love what I have heard many times which is our word is our wand and as I am sure I have expressed here before, I need to pay attention to my thinking and my thoughts.  I am also a firm believer that life is in the action.  I know from personal experience that I can have all the right words but they don’t mean anything unless I live them.  I took a class this past weekend in which they talked about communication.  They shared a statistic which I had heard before which is that we what we communicate is (and these numbers are not exact) 55 percent body language, 38 percent tone which leaves 7 percent of what you actually say.  Then when you couple that with the fact that we listen only 25 percent of the time it is clear that our actions determine the majority of what we communicate, not our words.  Our thoughts and feelings become our actions but that often happens in milliseconds and it takes a conscious effort to be aware of our thinking and feelings.  So what do my actions say about the life that I am living.  What am I modeling for others?  What am I modeling for myself?  How do I convey the presence of God in the world?  You are probably listening only to a quarter of what I am saying and you are watching my behavior and listening to how I say what I say, but if the actual words convey so little, then I need to make sure I am conveying a clear message.  What model do you see God demonstrating in your life?  My prayer for you today is that you see how small actions can model God in your life for you and for others.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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