In Gravity of God, I wrote about how God is the center of our universe and how His faith and His action holds it all together. I discussed how us being here is an opportunity for us to test how we will use our faith and actions to influence and impact people.
Will we have a God-like influence of love, help, support, giving, charity, and selflessness to those around us? Or will we use our influence to be more in Satan’s camp of selfishness, hate, judgment, pride, and animosity?
Our actions matter. We’re here to see how we’ll use the talents and gifts we’ve been given.
Some moments carry more weight than others.
I believe everyone we interact with in this life is meant to teach us something. Do you consider the interactions you have to be significant? Do you believe the things that happen to you have meaning? How about the things you do to others?
I believe when someone is unkind to me here for any reason – they’re here to teach me something.
I believe when someone does something I disagree with – they’re here to teach me something.
I believe when someone is kind to me or a good example to me – they’re here to teach me something.
All these moments matter, and some moments have lasting importance.
There are so many mundane and average moments in a day. I’m talking about the, “How are you today?” “Good.” “Good.”
Then there are conversations that change our worldviews, make us think, or expand our horizons. There are some conversations that make us think about eternity. There are some conversations that prepare us for eternity.
I’ve been given so much in this life.
I know where I come from, why I’m here, and where I’m going, while so many around me don’t have these answers. Part of the reason I think I’m here and why I’ve been given so much is so that I can share it with others. If everyone around me is asking the important question – why am I here? And I know the answer, and I’m not sharing it with them, then I’m the most selfish person there is.
Why do you think I put the time and effort into writing this? One day I want to tell God I tried my best to share what He gave me.
Anyways.
There is one topic that can be brought up in any conversation and will immediately change the moment from mundane and borderline meaningless to extraordinarily impactful and important. That topic is God.
I was at a bachelor party once. We went to Palm Springs for a long weekend. Got a house. Played a lot of pool and video games. The rest of the party played golf. I found ways to fill my time while they played golf.
There were two conversations I had that weekend that were memorable and impactful.
While playing pool one night, somehow religion got brought up. I’m sure I helped us into that direction one way or another. Me and another guy in the group who I didn’t know very well started talking about eternity, church, and the gospel.
That conversation was years ago. And seemingly nothing came about from it. But I still remember what that guy said at one point. He said, “When God gets brough up, the conversation changes. It becomes real. Even if it’s slightly or fully contentious, it’s still good if God is in the conversation.”
He was so right, and it’s the reason I’m writing this.
He probably doesn’t consciously remember that conversation. But I believe his spirit does. I really believe we keep a record of all we hear, see, and learn here on earth. And one day he’ll see that moment again and I hope it was as impactful as it felt.
The other conversation that happened was on the drive back. I was in the car with the groom to be and a friend.
We were talking about the upcoming wedding and what that meant, the topic of marriage, fidelity, vows, our bodies, drinking, habits, and growth were discussed. I know those topics sound wide-ranging. It was a long drive.
I came out of that conversation feeling like we’d talked about something so important.
Every mundane conversation is exactly that, mundane, until God is brought up.
Have more meaningful conversations.
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