Fake fish that are alive

I admit it.  I look at my “stats.”  Blogger keeps track of how many views my page gets, what posts are being read, how people find my page, and where the people who are reading my page are from.  I’ve had 1,662 views, my most viewed post is “I guess I didn’t come off as ‘campy’,” I’ve been referred by 10 different websites, and viewers have come from 10 different countries (including Slovenia, Netherlands, and Malaysia).  But the stat I find most interesting is the keywords people have typed into their browser that have brought them to my page. 

Among these keywords are “grocery store wet racks,” “barren orchids,” and my all time favorite, “fake fish that are alive.” 

Now when I think about the people who have typed in these words, I know they were not intending to get to my page.  We’ve all done this- been searching for something important (like “fake fish that are alive”), we click on what we think will be a helpful page, and it turns out to be some stupid blog or unhelpful site. 

But then I thought, “what if these people did read my blog?”  Maybe, by a google misguide, these people will get a little piece of Biblical truth.  Maybe something I have said will stick with them.  Maybe I can plant a seed. 

In our daily lives, we run across strangers everyday.  We interact with people (sometimes without even knowing it) and we make an impact on their lives.  We are the salt and light of this world. 

“You are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:13, 14).  What we say and do is noticed by others, sometimes by accident (like that poor soul who desperately needed to know about fake fish that are alive who ended up at my blog).  So we must let everything we do be seasoned by our faith.  Always remember that we are Christ’s representatives and something little we do may end up playing a vital role in someone else finding Christ. 

Who knows, maybe in heaven God will have a stat sheet for us to see all the “keywords” that planted seeds in others’ lives: “was patient in the long line,” “offered help to the lady with a flat tire,” “smiled at me everyday,” “always found joy in every situation.”  You never know what little things you do that may have a tremendous impact.