Day 37: Sharing Your Life Message

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"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.  Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight."  1 Peter 3:4-5

Sharing your message is not about the materialistic parts of your life like money; it is about sharing your testimony, life lessons, godly passions, and good news.  There are many points in our life where God has entered our lives or worked through us in our many life experiences.  Sharing these times with others will reinforce His glory.  Each one of us has a legacy with the Lord and it is important for those stories to never die.  Our personal experiences will be easier for others to relate to and usually more triumphant within the non-believers.
Life is about trial and error but we do not have forever to learn all of life with this simple phrase; so we rely on those whom may have already experienced it or are currently experiencing it.  Recognize different difficulties and where God has come to your aide-failure, patience, lack of money, disappointment, sorrow, family, friends, lovers.  Each life experience with God will help others recognize His grace and find comfort in not being alone.
Most importantly share what you love.  Our unique passions are just a start to a world filled with God.  So many of us are scared of being pursecuted for our godly passions likes helping an ethnic race, underprivledged people, young mothers, foreign exchange students, etc.  God has the final word and no one can ever be wrong sharing godly passions no matter what others' sling at you.  Stand for those that cannot.  Inspired those that are uninspired.  Love those who have no clue what it is.  Be true to God's word and that deep yearning He installed in all of us to think about others more than ourselves.  Love leaves no choices!

God wants me to be able to be the rock some people have never have.  The shoulder any one can rely on.  The strength and heart of a lion.  The quiet soul who asks for very little but gives 110%.  The "think out of the box" type with a unique creative eye.  I am the reliable.  I am the loyal.  I am me.  Who does God want you to be?

"Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."  1 Peter 3:8-9

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