Why does YOUR Life Matter?

 Why does YOUR Life Matter?

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

So Why Does YOUR Life Matter?

Many of you have already seen the new Tim & Sandi's Most Excellent Adventure photo album I uploaded in the wee hours of the morning. Some of you read my long list of thanks to the people who helped to make our trip special, while others probably looked at the tome and said, "Oh my gosh! She wrote a book just to introduce a few pictures!" LOL, I may have been accused of being long-winded one or two (thousand) times...

But I actually had a serious point in what i wrote, and that is this: YOUR life matters. Yes, YOU. You may be the guy or gal at the fast food place, or the person at 7-Eleven who rings up my next Slurpee. Maybe the server or hostess at a restaurant or the tourist information worker. You might be the stranger someone meets in a random parking lot or grocery store aisle, but YOUR life matters.

Every day we have an opportunity to interact with the world around us. Often we have no clue as to who is watching us. We may not know that that grumpy customer is actually grieving over the loss of a loved one or maybe the pain of abuse. We may not know how desperately someone just needs a smile or for someone to take a few extra moments to focus attention to THEIR needs.

So why does your life matter? Because YOU have the ability to IMPACT THE NATIONS for Christ simply by taking the time to put a smile on your face, take a few extra seconds while servicing someone, make an effort to focus your attention and listen when someone else is talking to you, and allowing yourself to be a vessel of the joy of the Lord as we so recently saw with Chewbacca Lady (you rock, BTW!).

Don't ever let a day go by without remembering that your life does matter to a world of people around you. The ones I mentioned in my photo album will never realize the value they added to our trip and lives. I may not remember their names, but they have touch my heart forever. NOW, YOU can go out today and do the same. God Bless!