We say what we think. We live what we believe.
Mrs. Barbara B. Barker rocked my world with this statement. It wasn’t even one of the main points of her talk. It was a simple comment made to the side as she spoke to the women at our staff orientation.
We say what we think. We live what we believe.
I began looking at my life, using these two sentences as a backdrop. I found that the things I say and the way I live are often at odds.
As I thought through these two statements, the questions quickly formed.
What does my life say I believe? What do my actions reveal about my beliefs? Does this differ from the words that come out of my mouth?
What we say we believe and what we live out are often very different, indeed.
In my life I’ve found that I say that I believe truth, and yet my life reveals that I believe lies. I’ve found that to be true in connection with three truths in particular:
You are loved. You are not alone. You have purpose.
I said I believed these truths, I told others these truths, but in the day-to-day living, I reacted to circumstances as if I was un-loved and abandoned.
Closing the gap between what I say and how I live out these three truths have made my life beautiful, indeed.
Please join me over the next 31 days as we explore these three, simple truths.
You are loved. You are not alone. You have purpose.
Day 2 – God’s Love Is Steadfast
Day 3 – Sometimes Church Looks Like This
Day 4 – Praise: A Response to God’s Love
Day 5 – God’s Compassion Never Ends
Day 6 – Nothing Can Separate Us From God’s Love
Day 8 – God’s Care Can Handle Our Worries
Day 9 – There Is Joy In His Presence
Day 10 – His Love Flows Into Our Lives
Day 11 – His Face Is Toward Us
Day 12 – Knowing We Are Loved Makes Our Hearts Sing
Day 13 – A Pearl Of Great Price
Day 16 – Have You Been Introduced?
Day 17 – Even When We Feel Alone, We Are Not Alone
Day 18 – We Don’t Face Life Alone
Day 19 – Even When We Feel Helpless, We Are Not Alone
Day 20 – We Can Trust Him, Because of Who He Is
Day 21 – I Will Praise You In This Storm
Day 22 – We Were Made For Hope
Day 23 – We Were Made For Community
Day 24 – We Were Made For Intimacy
Day 25 – We Were Made For Truth
Day 26 – We Were Made For Creativity
Day 27 – We Were Made For Wonder
Day 28 – We Were Made For Meaning
Day 29 – We Were Made For Remembering
Day 30 – It’s Good To Be Alive