A 2012 challenge

For a moment we get taken to a place that is unknown and untouched. We go somewhere that we never thought we'd see, a place where we can hardly recognize ourself. But then we realize that the person we see staring back at us in the mirror was not us but someone else; it is Jesus.
It's not our reflection but His and that is when we realize that we are created in His image. For a long time I thought that being created in his image meant the physical attributes but it doesn't necessarily mean that. It means something much deeper, it means that we look like Him because of characteristics that we have. When we act like Christ, people will see Christ.
I believe that if we want people to see Christ radiate through us we need to learn how we can be like Him and we do that through reading His Word. You see a lot of people want to have the double layer chocolate cake with thick frosting and sprinkles but they don't want to do any work to get it. How can someone become an astronaut I they have never been taught about the stars and galaxy? They can't. Therefore we cannot expect that one day we will wake up and be super Christians that look just like Christ and didn't do anything. We have to get to know Him and take time to read His Word so we can know more about who He is and what He wants for us.
So, let's let this be our challenge for 2012; that we will face the reality that we have to do something to have a relationship with God and that everyone who sees a will not see us but Cheist in every little thing we do.
Ciao, EmilyAnn