“The world just smacks you down . . . knocks you to your knees. I was in a bad place nine weeks ago. I’d been told my divorces were all my fault. I got some help . . . and I now realize that I have responsibility that I need to own . . . but they weren’t all my fault.”
Steve (name changed to protect who and where) is a big guy. About 6’2”. Arms like aspen trunks. And on his right arm from elbow to shoulder is a fresh God-honoring tattoo. And he’s excited to show it, and tell the story of his very recent journey from guilt and despair to a better place. He listens to Christian radio.
There are lots of “Steve’s” and “Stephanie’s”, with similar stories, who are leaving other less-hopeful media (have you watched local news or been on social media lately?), and coming to us.
Why? Often for words of affirmation. So talk to them and play them songs that acknowledge and enlighten them about their worth in the eyes of God.
Words like:
I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum of every high and low
Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know.*
Here’s the reality.
The only words of Godly affirmation your listener may hear this week may come from you.
Let’s be praying today that God directs our words – and the songs we choose – to be the kind, affirming, “hospital-for-the-hurting” words many need to hear.
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