Went to an event this week and had a chance to hear Donald Miller speak. Many things encouraged me – or kicked my backside – but one thing he said has been bouncing around in my head ever since. During the Q & A at the end, he said this:
“Your passivity is unbelievably powerful to destroy the lives of those around you.”
His words popped into my head again a few minutes ago. You see, I just finished the chapter of my new book that deals with helping the kids and students around us grow up with an identity rooted in the truths of what and who God says they are, as opposed to the messages they hear from so many other voices around them.
I have three of the world’s coolest kids living in my house. Do they know that I think they’re the coolest? Do they know that God rejoices over them? Do they live under an umbrella of acceptance and celebration or an umbrella of I-don’t-matter.
Engage. Everyday. Engage. Fully.
