How influential will you be?

While driving home tonight from a going away celebration for our minister of music, I couldnt help but think of how influential he has been for only a little over a year that I have been serving with him. I had a pretty rocky past and switched churches after a lot of prayer. After meeting with him and singing the first time, I was floored. It was like God placed me there because he speaks to me through music. And it was like he placed Warren there and in my life to help overcome any problems I had. His leadership was so Godly and I cant say enough good about him. He is a wonderful husband, a wonderful dad, a loyal friend, and a great music minister. God really does live through him and his family. Seeing him pack up and leave was really hard for me to understand. I know God is leading him in this direction but it was still really hard not to cry the Sunday morning he told the congregation. I already knew but just hearing it left me with some serious black eyes that morning after church.

With all of this being said, I couldnt help but think about how influential he has been in my life over a short period of time. And he just simply living the word. He was living for God. How influential will I be to someone? Am I already influencing people that I dont know of? Lead with my life. It doesnt matter if I know someone is watching me, as long as I am living by the word of God, I am doing it right. I should have no actions that I am ashamed about. I shouldnt have to worry if someone reads these blogs, my Facebook or sees me out. I am where God wants me and I feel like for the first time in my life, I am living the way God wants me. Its not always easy, but I have to faith that is what God wants. 

Taking this marriage class with my husband has also allowed me to see the kind of wife I am supposed to be. I wasnt doing anything wrong but there was soo much more that I was supposed to be doing. And they were simple things in our eyes but big things to God. And I am striving to do be the wife he wants me to be.

So I ask you, are you an influence on anybody? Do you have kids that watch your every step? Would you be proud that your kids grow up to be just like you? My prayer is that you are. My prayer is that I continue to be.