I have been trying to start every day out by prayer, meditation, listening to a podcast, reading and working out. This blog is not about that, but can I just tell you how that can change your life, change your mood, change your entire day! So as I do every morning, before I open up my phone I ask God to please send me something I need to hear. Today, up pops a new podcast from Rachel Hollis featuring a guy named Scott Harrison. Scott started a company called Charity Water, but his testimony about his life and how the company started literally changed my life. He stated that nobody is beyond redemption. (Side note, listen to his testimony and go buy his book called Thirst. I plan to order it today.) I will talk more about the impact of his company a little later, but first, let’s talk about redemption. Totally struck a nerve with me this morning. We as humans, and religious people, are so quick to judge people and think that because of their “sin” they’re done. We judge them and think that they can’t be used to do good or help others or let’s just say be redeemed! That is total crap! The people I grew up in church with have been judging me for the past ten years, and I know, some would never admit it, they think I’m done and totally discount any gifts God has put in me. Thankfully, I don’t listen to them anymore, I tune out their harsh judgment and I’m living my life! It’s taken me years to get there and years to not care. Years to get over the feeling of running into people who have known me my entire life who pretend I am a total stranger when they see me in public. Good thing is that I know that I am redeemed and I know that I still have a testimony and I know that I still have a purpose in life and helping others is one of those purposes. I know that there was purpose in my pain and experiences despite what anybody else says.
What are you not doing in life because of other people’s judgment of you? What dream and purpose are you not fulfilling because you feel you are not good enough? I’m pretty sure there is nothing you have done that is so bad that you still cannot fulfill your calling in life! The Bible says in Colossians that we have redemption through his blood and forgiveness of sins. Don’t let people tell you that you cannot do something! Don’t let people stop you from living a life of purpose! You have been redeemed! Just let that sink in for a minute! YOU have been redeemed! Not sure about you, but that brings peace to my soul and a smile to my face! YOU were put here to do something great! Even if to some it may be small, to somebody else it’s life changing! Listen, I’m not a writer, I’m not a speaker but somehow I pray through this that I am bringing something to somebody that might just change their life or change their thinking and realize what they can do! What have you been called today? Get out and do it!!
I want to end today talking about charitywater.org. As I set at the gym today drinking 64 ounces of clean refreshing water, I listened to Scott Harrison’s testimony about how this company came to be. Talk about a story of redemption and how out of this came this company that is doing amazing things all over the world! Did you know that 1 in 6 people on the planet do not have clean water? Staggering statistic and we take this so for granted! I pray that you think about how you can give back. We are commanded to give back. It truly is better to give than to receive! Your life will drastically change when you begin to give back in any way you can. That looks different to everybody but dig down deep, find compassion, and go find where you can give back. If we all did this, could we change the world one by one? Yes, I am crazy enough to believe we can!
With love for you all!
Shauna
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