What are you shopping for?
Yesterday, Pastor Jabin Chavez, Youth Pastor at the Church at South Las Vegas, made a comment in his sermon that went something like this: stores entice you to come inside by placing their best outfits in the window in hopes to draw you in to see the other things in their store and hopefully buy something.
And I mulled over that thought (and I apologize Pastor J-I think I missed the next 5-10 minutes of your sermon) for a while and began to think how much like stores we are.
We dress up the outside of our lives with words, acts and fashion, but how often do we take a good look around what's on the inside?
You see, a window display might get you in the store, but if there is truly nothing of value or nothing of beauty once you pass through the doors to the inside, then you most likely will turn around and walk right back out, empty handed.
Our relationships, with others and ourselves, are the same way. The window dressing may draw people to you or make you feel good about yourself for a while, but if you don't choose to invest in good merchandise on the inside, you will never be happy with who you are and others will never make a investment in you long-term.
So my question for you is, what are you shopping for? Are you investing time and energy in outward appearances and window dressing, or are you taking the time to invest on the inside, which will lead to richer relationships and a happier you?
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