{"id":11060,"date":"2019-09-28T05:58:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11060"},"modified":"2019-09-28T05:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:58:55","slug":"do-we-represent-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11060","title":{"rendered":"Do We Represent Well?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I saw this heart-wrenching photo and thought “Thank God! This soldier represents us well.” A foreign ambassador is one who represents her\/his country. Their words, their diplomatic demeanor, and their actions are the \u201cgood impression\u201d that is needed to ensure comradery and a commitment for peace and well-being between a foreign country and their home country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were designed to be representatives of God\u2019s Kingdom on earth. We are ambassadors for Christ. So, as His ambassadors, shouldn\u2019t we represent Him well? We are a living letters. In 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, Paul says, \u201cYou yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let’s take a look at our lives. Are we living letters? Are we a letter of recommendation where others would say, \u201cHey, I want to be part of that group because they are generous, kind, loving and supportive!” Are we rivers of water to bring about good and healing and growth? 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says \u201cEncourage one another and build each other <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s time to take a self analysis test — to look inward and ask “How well do we represent?” And, other questions like: \u201cAre you the friend you wish you had?\u201d \u201cAre you the wife\/husband, mother\/ father, daughter\/son, sister\/brother that you wish you had?\u201d In other words, instead of pulling out the \u201c10 Things I Don\u2019t Like About You\u201d to someone else, maybe it\u2019s the ideal time to make a list that says \u201c10 Things I Can Do to Improve ME\u201d so that I become the best representative I can be for Christ as a friend, spouse, child, sibling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being Christ\u2019s representative is being the beautiful creation God made us to be by appreciating all that God placed within us to BE \u2013 that quirky laugh that brightens up a room with joy; those eyes that see the pain and needs of others and does something about it; that voice that speaks encouragement and hope into others, and that mind that consciously conjures up ways to change this world for the better. Most of all to be that ONE that sets the example of God\u2019s love and peace to others\u2026..so that they want YOU to be their best friend. In so doing \u2013 we ARE being the best versions of representatives for Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw this heart-wrenching photo and thought “Thank God! This soldier represents us well.” A foreign ambassador is one who represents her\/his country. Their words, their diplomatic demeanor, and their actions are the \u201cgood impression\u201d that is needed to ensure comradery and a commitment for peace and well-being between a foreign country and their home…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14931,14926,2704,1210,14928,14934,1720,14933,14923,14927,14932,44,14924,14929],"class_list":["post-11060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2-corinthians-32","tag-actions","tag-ambassador","tag-blog","tag-comradery","tag-diplomatic","tag-encourage","tag-epistle","tag-foreign","tag-good-impression","tag-letter","tag-peace","tag-represent","tag-well-being"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11064,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11060\/revisions\/11064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}