If you have been reading my Victory Calls for any length of time you know how my heart breaks for my kids. It is especially hard with my son. Our contact is limited by geography but also by the amount of time we can reach each other by phone. After playing a good game of “phone tag” this past week we finally connected! After catching up on the daily grind of things we began to talk about some things we have in common..books and dogs. As my dogs began to bark in the background, Michael said he had seen a video of our dogs on Facebook. Now, my son NEVER contacts me on Facebook…not one “like”, not one comment. I would never have guessed he saw anything I posted on Facebook. I was reminded that those kids of ours are always watching – no matter how old they get. I also was encouraged that perhaps one of the things I posted would speak to him or be used of God to touch his heart. I am not the Queen of Social Media, believe me! But I am glad to be aware that even when I thought I was out of sight to my son he was there, in an odd way, watching.
Who is watching you today? Does it surprise or embarress you to know that Jesus sees everything? Do you know that unbelievers are all around you watching? Do you know your co-workers are keeping an eye on you? Do you see the importance of how even a small glimpse of you, when you think no one sees, may or may not reflect Jesus and leave a permanent impression?
If someone were to say to you, ” I saw you when ________” would you laugh or shudder to even think of it?
A definition of character is what you do or say when no one else is looking. May our character reflect the image of Jesus today. He does watch and Hhe does see.
Blessings,
Kathy Withers
Kathy’s on staff at America’s KESWICK in the Development Department. Kathy has been married to her husband Dave for 27 years. They have two adult children. Kathy is active in her local Church and has taught Sunday School and Bible Studies for women. Her passion is to encourage women to deepen their walk with Jesus Christ by finding and living out the truths of God’s Word.
Victory Call 
Kathy –
Your message was positively precious ! Thank you so much for sharing and elaborating on the world which watches…..
The name for G-d when He watches is “El Roi”. I frequently reflect on the little scenario I read some years ago which
went something like this:
If Jesus was to come and visit your town – and if He was to stop unexpectedly at your house, would you need to scramble quickly to hide that risqué book you’ve been reading? Would you need to turn off the phone answering machine so that
your husband’s disgruntled attitude wouldn’t be heard when – if – he called you that day? Would you pray that your
kids wouldn’t return home from school when Jesus was still there – that He would be spared from seeing your daughter’s short, tight skirt or your son’s disrespectful attitude?
Would you need to quckly run and throw that burning cigarette down the garbage disposal? Would you need to rush
to the television and turn off the television talk show on the pros and cons of same-sex marriages?
Ah! How right you are that “who” we are behind closed doors is the character Christ cares most about. I, for one,
shall continue to strive to be a Proverbs woman inside my home as well as outside. It is a life-time challenge I
strive to meet.
Thanks again for your poignantly expressed writing.
Blessigns1
Stephanie Dickinson
B.S. Ministry, CLC
Lancaster, Pa.