dailydatewithgod

We have this unique capability as human beings of saying one thing and then doing another. It is easy to identify in the grandest of ways.  We call the people who do so in big way hypocrites. But we are all hypocrites.  Unless we have found a way to be perfect, there is room for hypocrisy. I see it in my life all the time.  When it is keenly on my radar, meaning I see it readily in others, I begin to notice it in myself.  It has been most prevalent at work.  I experience it specifically in a meeting requiring updates from people.  As people take turns, a number of them will first say they have no updates and then proceed to continue on about their part of the project or idea.  In other words they provide an update.  Its maddening.  Why do we do that?  Have you ever been asked if you have any other questions and you immediately answer no and then ask a question?  Or you asked if have any comments and you say no but go to make comments?  It causes what we say and do to lack substance.  I certainly have been guilty of both of those habits.  We often do not think before we open our mouths.  Perhaps we do not think what we have to say is important or that the other person does not really want a response.  The point it not whatever story we are telling ourselves.  The point is to bring who we are to the situation.  If who we are being means our words do not match our actions it makes us seem less substantive.  God does not create hollow beings.  We all have a contribution to make and it is important that we make it. I will actually stop myself when I realize I have said no and correct my response right then and there if I need to. The example I run into at work may seem silly but it is a microcosm of what is happening in all areas of our lives.  If we are to live as the beloved creatures and messengers of God the actions of our lives must match our words.  God is ready and willing to help us be a person of substance by encouraging us to check in with our hearts.  From the core of who we are we know the words to say and the actions to take so we are in alignment with ourselves making the substantive impression on the world we are meant to make.