Everybody's In Sales
Ever heard the phrase, “Everybody is in sales”?
Disagree if you’d like, but ignoring this fact does not change it – everybody is in sales. Period.
Sales is the transfer of enthusiasm.
If you want to “sell” others (aka evangelization), you should be filled with enthusiasm yourself.
Your personal enthusiasm is your greatest “sales tool” for Christian life, and the biggest reason people don’t want to buy.
Be Prepared
On February 8, 2010, the Boy Scouts of America celebrated 100 years of cheerful service to America’s youth. Since the Boy Scouts of America’s inception in 1910, members have learned to live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law through community services and “helping other people at all times.” What began with a single act of service on a foggy London night quickly evolved into daily “Good Turns.” These have included selling war bonds, collecting food for needy families, and growing victory gardens during World War II.
My son and I are camping with our Cub Scout Pack. Thank God for that foggy London night, 100 years ago.
Never Give The Same Speech Twice
Do you have your license?
Do you go outside with, or, without it?
At what age did you receive your license?
How much does it cost to renew your license?
Do you like the photo on your license?
Do you use your license all day, everyday?
What license?
Your license to do good.
You saw that one coming didn’t you?
Probably not.
The Road To Easter
Ash Wednesday and Lent.
Happens year after year around this time.
How many of us forgot?
How many of us didn’t forget, but were simply “going through the motions”?
Easter is the most important day in the life of a Christian.
Christmas is critical, but loses all meaning without Easter.
You have thought of that, right?
View this if you want to see how incredibly insignificant we are in the universe.
If you are already crystal clear, save yourself the six minutes it’ll take to watch (and be reminded).
Memories
Ever miss something or someone so much that it takes your breath away?
Not wanting to belabor the point, however, yesterday was tough coming home.
You know what I’m talking about. And I was just grieving the loss of a Pet.
Ever wonder what it must be like to try to recover from the loss of a child, perhaps a teenager who is taken away suddenly and tragically?
Today is dedicated to those Families. If you are one of them, or know a Family like this (we know several), please pray for them with all your heart.
We can very likely assume that they are going through a hell that is impossible to imagine. And a hell that may never go away. Ever.
The Ride Is For Life
“Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.”
-St. Augustine
How does St Augustine’s definition compare with your definition of Love?
Life and love are never easy. Everything requires work. Hard work.
Today’s a new day, a fresh opportunity. Do what you do – with Love.
Or, you could opt to do the opposite. But don’t complain if your results are not what you hope or wish for.
Hard work is the only way.
Begin The Conversation
Are you and the people you love ready to die?
Click this link: Begin the conversation.
Any idea what this is?
You should.
It will help you die well.
Is Motivation The Key?
Do you have days where you think, “It’s just too difficult”? We all do.
What’s the solution? One solution is to look around and realize there will always be someone who makes your challenges like amateurish.
Doug Landis was a high school wrestler, until a wrestling injury left him a quadriplegic.
His brother said he was watching too much TV and presented a challenge to draw and placed a pencil in his mouth.
Click here to view the “mouth art” that Doug draws, with a pencil in his mouth.
We are all here for a reason. What is not obvious, is what we are here for. We must discover this on our own.
What do you think? If you know this to be false, will you help the rest of us understand?
What Will You Headline Read?
Guest Blogger, Bob Stewart, returns today with another insightful look at life, our Faith, and our responsibility to both. Take it away Bob….
“Mom called me the other day from Tennessee, where I was raised, to read to me a couple of obituaries. I know – that sounds so exciting, doesn’t it? But that’s what my mom does. She does it to let me know who I should know who either died or is related to someone who died.
But on this last call, she read to me about Albert Hamby, who died at the age of 87. Why should that stand out at all to me? I didn’t let this obituary go without a reverent moment of reflection. Albert was my pastor when I was little – when I made Jesus my Savior. That was and is a spiritual “marker” in my life, and an important person in showing me the way was Albert Hamby.
Are you living a legacy, as Dr. Johnny Hunt said in his book Building Your Leadership Résumé, which is going to outlast you? Are you building “markers” in other people’s lives that, after you are gone, are still there to help others along the way? It could be multitudes or your own family, and it is a question I am asking myself as well.
I am reminded of a song from Steve Green back in the 1980s, called “Find Us Faithful.” In the chorus, he stated, “Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful. May the fire of our devotion light their way. May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe, and the lives we live inspire them to obey. Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.”
Again, I ask, “Are you living a legacy?”
Bob Stewart