July 10: DON'T BE LOUD. BE LOVE.

Affirmation: I am capable of doing anything I choose. I trust my insight and intuition.

“…Spirit of truth, will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.”‭‭John‬ ‭16:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬
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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff

                       July 10


DON'T BE LOUD. BE LOVE.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought. to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 
1 JOHN 4:11-12 

One of the most influential people in the civil rights movement didn't give many speeches. Unlike Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks took her stand by quietly taking a seat on a public bus, refusing to give it up for a white man. This quiet act of courage made her "the mother of the freedom movement," according to Congress, and she became an inspiration to young people fighting for justice and equality around the country. 


If you aspire to become an influential leader or simply want to create more good in the world, you might be conditioned to think of people on stages or screens as the ultimate examples. The loudest voices don't always deserve to be the most heard. Listen for the truest voices. People like pastors, activists, and leaders, who stay behind the scenes and quietly work for the good of people within their reach, make the most lasting impact. They hand out clothes to the homeless or take the woman just freed from jail to her halfway house. They don't need stages or microphones because their love does all· the talking. The reason is simple. Bright lights don't need spotlights. 


Words will never move people the way love does. If our actions are moti­vated by love, we don't have to worry about having big platforms or positions of power, because nothing holds a candle to love that has no agenda. 

 

If you want to change the world, don't be loud. Be love. 

 

What are you going to do today to be love? 

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