As I was preparing for the Lakeland Tri-Bi Triathlon in Canton,IL. I was at the Gym talking to a friend of mine named Parish. Parish and I train at the same gym. While were talking about the Canton race when someone came up to us and said, "hey aren't you guys the Tri-guys"? The Tri-guys describes us right. When we are at the gym that is pretty much what we talk about. We talk about how we are training what races we are doing and what our goals will be.
I guess you can say I am a man of many hats. To my kids I am dad, and to my grandsons (x2) I am called grandpa. To my loving girlfriend I am her man/boyfriend. To my Tri-Team and Tri-friends I am known as the Wyldchyld. I work at a Maximum Security Prison as a Correctional Officer. To the Inmates I am known as Simms or C/O (short for correctional officer), and they probably know me by other names that I cannot mention here or would I repeat.
In the Bible people were know for various reasons. In the Gospels Jesus was known as the Christ! In Acts the people of the Church in Antioch were 1st called Christians. Also in Acts the Demons knew who Jesus and Paul were but questioned who was trying to cast them out of someone they possessed. James and John were brothers and they were known as the Sons of Thunder. David was a man after God's own heart. Solomon was the wises man in the world. Elijah and Moses are known as the Prophets.
I think it should be the goal of every Christian to be known as a Child of God, man/woman of God, and Christian. In Mt.26:69-75, Mk. 14:66-72, Lk.22:55-62,and Jn. 18:25-27 all tell the story of Peter denying Christ three times. What I also see is that the people knew who Peter was. No matter what Peter said or did at that moment they all knew. They all knew that Peter was a follower of Jesus Christ. How much more we should desire this kind of attention. I know not everyone looks upon Christians with a good view point. That is OK I would rather wear the badge and be frown upon than to not wear the Badge at all! I also know some of us wear this badge and bring it shame. I am not sure why we sometimes choose to live a life of mediocrity instead of Living a Christ filled life. I know as for me I will stay focused and hope and pray that people see me as a Christ follower. I want to be known as a Christian as I continue to Stare at Lines.
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