Writing Prompt #3

“The one thing I can do today to be more like Jesus is ____________.

This is a question I have found myself asking almost daily…what can I do to be more like Jesus? Along with that question, I find myself asking Poppa God to help me to remember to speak kindly. To not share gossip. To be an encourager. To help where I can and to love unconditionally.

I have a daily routine that I have been doing for probably three or four weeks now…I turn on The Joy FM, a local Christian radio station. I sing along with the songs that are played, I find myself praying about my day to come, asking Poppa God to help me to be more like Him in all my interactions throughout the day and to bring a word of encouragement to those who need it. I have found that by spending some uninterrupted time with Poppa God that as I go into work my attitude is more positive and it shows not only in my words but in how I look at the things I need to do at work.

An example would be yesterday morning. I walked around the corner towards my desk, I chuckled thinking “I wonder if the TEALs fairy came during the weekend” Nope! There are still multiple stacks of TEAL folders waiting to be processed. And I laughed and said, to no one in particular “I guess the TEAL fairy took the weekend off too.” Yani, my coworker laughed and we started our day.

As I think about yesterday, I can see how Poppa God was present with me throughout the day. I had a parent call who was quite upset about a situation and by the time the call ended the parent was laughing and I felt that was a successful call ~ and how Jesus might have handled it.