Ambassadors of God

"We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation."
(2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2)
Every word we utter, every act we perform, should be a reflection of God to the lost world around us. Our lives should be a witness to the love and mercy of God. My life is not my own. So why do I ignore the plight of the world around me? How can I love myself so much that I sacrifice the truth for my own self comfort and popularity??
These verses really convicted me... we all live in a lost and fallen world--a world with no hope, and a world where Christians are the only representation of Christ to the people. Every part of my life should be a representation of the perfect love of God to the people in my life. I fall short every time.