What Is Your Message?

Happy Friday, Friends!

I hope and trust this post finds you all having a great day on this absolutely glorious Good Friday in my Sweet Home Alabama! :)

"Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring." - Lorrin L. Lee

I saw this quote this week and it hit me in a profound way. I had seen the quote before and it had never hit my spirit the way it did this week. It was convicting, inspiring, challenging...

I am challenged to determine, and I challenge you to determine, what our message is to this world. It is not solely in the words we speak and it is certainly not in our intentions! No, our message is found in the lives we live, day after day, not just on the "good" days. While we can "want" to be this or that, or perhaps we "hope" our message is [fill in the blank] the reality is you and I are preaching a message every day. And, it is the consistency of that message, the consistency of the lives we live, that prove it's authenticity.

So, what is our message?

Is it a message of faith or fear?

Is it a message of hope or despair?

Are we intentional with our message or do we leave it to circumstances and our fickle feelings?

Is it encouraging or discouraging?

Does our message lift up others or does it tear them down?

Is our message one of integrity? Do the words we speak line up with our actions?

Is our message authentic or are we impostors? Are we being who and what we were created to be or are we chasing what others tell us we should be?

What is our message?

Look, nobody can tell anybody what their message should be. As was once said, "we all gotta do our own living and we all gotta do our own dying." My hope this morning is not to tell you what your message should be, of how to live your life. My only hope is for an awakening of our spirits...our life IS preaching a message. Whether we choose to make it inspiring or not, whether we choose to do the hard work of pursuing all that we have been created to become or not, is 100% up to each one of us, individually. You will choose, I will choose, and we will all live with the consequences of those decisions!

Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your family. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.

Have a great day, a wonderful Easter weekend, please cherish your precious families, and please stay well! :)

Kev