March 30: TELL PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE, NOT WHAT THEY WANT.

Affirmation: Peace and Happiness are inside of me.
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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown
Live Wholeheartedly 
Each day be deliberate about choices you make. Be wholehearted in those choices.


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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews 
The Certain Decision 

I have a decided heart.
It’s not about what it IS…
It’s about what it can BECOME!

What you decide in your heart will be done and the light of God will shine on your ways. Job 22:28

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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff

March 30

TELL PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE, NOT WHAT THEY WANT. WE DO THE LOVING; GOD DOES THE GUIDING.

The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us"). 
MATTHEW 1:23 

 

When I turned seventeen, I decided to drop out of high school and head to Yosemite for a life in the mountains. I didn't have a job or a particular plan in mind, but I had a 1971 Volkswagon bug and a tank full of gas. On my way out of town, I stopped by my friend Randy's house to say goodbye. He' d been a Young Life leader, and I wanted to thank him for looking out for me through the years. 


Much to my surprise, Randy asked if he could go with me to Yosemite. On the road, Randy didn't say anything about sticking it out until I finished high school. He didn't tell me what a bad idea it was to drop out or tell me I would need a stable income to make rent and that finishing high school would probably help with that. He just kept saying he was "with me" no matter what I did. When God sent Jesus to be with us, He said to name Him Immanuel-which means, "God with us." 


I had gone to every store and pancake house in Yosemite Valley at least twice looking for a job, and no one was hiring. After a few nights camping, I had run out of money. What I thought was going to be the rest of my life turned into a three-day camping trip. With a lot of disappointment, I told Randy I might as well head back to finish high school. Do you know what he told me? Simply this: "I'm with you." 


Randy figured out something a lot of us are still trying to get a handle on. Throughout our entire trip to Yosemite, Randy told me who I was instead of telling me what I should want. He told me I was his friend and he was "with me." These days when I'm trying to figure out how to help someone in need, I think of Randy's example. He was content to be with me, rather than busying himself trying to educate me or change me. 


Who is someone you can just be "with" today? 

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