Does It Matter?

         I feel like there are things I’m supposed to say. But will it make a difference? If no one listens, does it matter?

         I feel like a broken record sometimes. Giving the same advice for the same problems. Encouraging the same people with whatever “new” issue they might be facing. I want to be there for the people in my life. I want to help however I can. But if they keep approaching me with the same stuff. If I can’t think of a new way to give the same applicable advice, does it really matter what I say? They either don’t listen or are very forgetful. It’s very exhausting and a little frustrating. If they just want to vent to someone fine. But if they're asking for input and still don’t take it, it makes me feel like they didn’t really care.

         There are things I know I’m supposed to do. This blog is the first that comes to mind. Despite my hesitation, I started it and did it consistently at first. But I’ve almost stopped doing it. I was afraid at first that my stories wouldn’t be that helpful. But now I worry if they even matter? Everyone and their grandma has a blog, Christian or otherwise. So now I feel like these personal stories I’m sharing are just going to get lost on the internet. It’s not like anyone’s going to read them right? Heck, my own family doesn’t read them. So does it really matter if I stop?

         What is the point of all this? Why do what I felt led to do if no one seems to pay attention? Why does it matter?

I’ve never really felt like this myself, but I’m sure people have felt the same way about the Christian walk in general. Why does it matter if I follow Christ? If everyone around me seems like “good people,” but are non-believers, does that matter? The world seems to want to dispel Christian thoughts anyway. Does it matter if I don’t say anything?

There is a reason why we do everything, even if it is hard. As a believer, the things we do are not for ourselves, but to represent and magnify the Lord. There is a reason for the way we live and there's a purpose for what we do. Colossians 3:23 says "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,". If what we do is for the Lord, then it matters. Even when it looks like it doesn't, we should still fulfill the role God gave us the best we can. What we do isn't for other people but to show other people God. That is why it matters.