Message Box Is Full.

So, here's my rhetorical question for the day. How many more reminders do we need thanks to the power of social media, to be reminded that someone is always looking. Perhaps you read or heard about the teacher who is now unemployed (I read that she resigned, but now, also saw a piece that she was fired). Either way, it was because of a social media post; an evil suggestion, written in the tone of political retribution with real-life, criminal consequences if someone were to follow through on it.

Whatever your political leaning, things like this are absolute craziness. As adults, we're always reading messages. And for youth and young people... they are always processing messages. They don't catch the sarcasm. They don't always understand the nuance; the satire. They don't always process the funny wrapped up in the truth, nor do they catch the profound that is buried behind the lie.

Communication is challenging enough. The timing of what is said. The understanding of what is not said. The approach matters almost as much as the content. The explanation matters as much as the intent. It's about what is heard as much as it is, what is said.

Communication is not for the faint of heart. Yet it is crucial for our survival. And if our identity and purpose is found in Christ, then it doesn't matter how many messages are shared that are wrong. If the message of God gets delivered wrong, then all other messages pail in comparison when it comes to making a life-changing impact.

Pray this #youthPastorWednesday, that God would grant wisdom and discernment in the fullness of one's communication, both inside and outside of ministry. Pray that in the crucial moments that matter most; today's youth would understand both the message that God has for their life and the message that is being imparted to them by spiritual leaders and other authority figures in their life. May all of us be careful in choosing our words and the tones in which we speak.

For as ideas have consequences,
So do the messages that stem from them.
May ours reflect and glorify God.

- PNC