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I was very moved by this photo of Sgt Nicole Gee (age 23) cradling a baby in her arms at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport. She posted the photo on Instagram and wrote, \u201cI love my job.\u201d Didn\u2019t she represent us well with those words? But, then, she was among 13 U.S. troops killed in the horrific suicide bombing at the Kabul airport. Her fellow sergeant for three years, Mallory Harrison, said of Gee: \u201cHer last breath was taken doing what she loved — helping people — then there was an explosion. And just like that, she\u2019s gone.\u201d Sgt Gee represented our Country well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, representing well for their countries, are foreign ambassadors. 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


And, we are foreign ambassadors and resident representatives of God\u2019s Kingdom on earth and being so, shouldn’t our actions give off the “good impression” we make for Christ? As His ambassadors, shouldn\u2019t we represent Him well? 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 We are God’s living letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That sheds a HUGE spotlight on us as Christ’s chosen ambassadors who represent Him on earth. But, are we? Are we His letter of recommendation and others take that recommendation “to the bank”. They see us as trustworthy, acting in character and honor and our word is solid gold to them. They see us as generous, supportive, kind, tenderhearted and loving…..so much so that they want to be living letters for Christ, too! 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says \u201cEncourage one another and build each other up.\u201d

It’s time for a self-analysis — to look inward and ask “How well do we represent?” And other questions like: \u201cAm I the friend, spouse, parent, sibling, co-worker, and associate you wish you had?\u201d

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 who 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 ourselves and representatives for Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was very moved by this photo of Sgt Nicole Gee (age 23) cradling a baby in her arms at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport. She posted the photo on Instagram and wrote, \u201cI love my job.\u201d Didn\u2019t she represent us well with those words? But, then, she was among 13 U.S. troops killed in the horrific…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14915,"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":[21677,21676,14937],"tags":[21372,2704,21675,1210,1769,4818,21669,11365,40,2043,21674,21673,21670,21672,21671,12506,13698,2024],"class_list":["post-14908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ambassador-for-christ","category-foreign-ambassador","category-representative","tag-afghanistan","tag-ambassador","tag-ambassadors-for-christ","tag-blog","tag-christian","tag-encourage-one-another","tag-foreign-ambassador","tag-generous","tag-inspiration","tag-kind","tag-living-letters","tag-represent-well","tag-representative","tag-resident-representatives","tag-sgt-nicole-gee","tag-spotlight","tag-supportive","tag-trustworthy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908","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=14908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14916,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908\/revisions\/14916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}