“You talk from the time you wake up ’til the time you go to sleep!” I wonder if my mom knew when she complained about this when I was a child that my speaking would end up serving others well. As a student, as a teacher, as a presenter, as a preacher…I love to speak!
But speaking, for me, isn’t about wasting words. Speaking is about listening to others–where they are, what matters to them, why they do what they do and feel what they feel–then taking that and, through the power of sincere words, inspiring and encouraging. Words are powerful. Within them is found life or death. We choose. I endeavor to use my words to speak life.
Having the opportunity to keynote events and preach messages and facilitate workshops, I’m always moved by the people who approach me afterwards to say the message brought them hope or challenged their thinking or made them both laugh and cry. There’s nothing like it. I’m humbled.
You know, life is a trip, and I’ve been on quite a journey, and, frankly, it blows my mind that my life story can be used to aid someone in theirs. God doesn’t waste a thing.
If you need someone to speak at your event, here I am. My mom’s pronouncement wasn’t that far off. I still speak–all the time. I listen, and then I speak. Let me speak life to your group.
