I have something that no one else does. And so do you, it’s called my story. It’s perfectly mine and specifically purposed to help others. But so is yours! Because, as unique as each of us are, our struggles are oftentimes universally experienced. What I’ve gone through, so have others. What you are experiencing, so are others.
You have a story to tell. Don’t sit on it, and don’t let it go to waste. No matter where your story is today, someone needs to hear it. You may have emerged with a third-act victory that would inspire even the darkest soul, or you may currently be mired in a terrifying, second-act cliffhanger, dangling by the strength of your fingertips, and wondering whether you’ll be able to find firm footing again.
However far your story has progressed, you have what someone else needs to hear.
When you can begin to see your situation—no matter what it looks like—as a blessing, then you can use it to change the world.
Real people, who have gone through real issues of pain and suffering, have what Mike Foster, the founder of People of the Second Chance, calls “the Unfair Advantage”. You have lived through a tragedy, stood on death’s doorstep, and now you have an unfair advantage, because you have found something the whole world needs.
Hope.
Hope is what sets you free to live again. It’s the medicine the hurting mom aches for when searching for her addicted daughter and the peace that calms the anxiety ridden nerves of a father who doesn’t know where his son is. Hope changes the game for the depressed, it lets the financially strapped breath deep again and gives husbands and wives the courage to say “let’s give this another shot”. Hope is the oxygen that feeds our emotions and the fuel that drives our passionate daily pursuits. With hope, anything is possible, without it, we’re dead.
Using your story to give hope to others is a double-edged sword. It gives you both HOPE. They receive the blessing of knowing they are not alone and you receive the gratitude that what you’ve gone through God can use for good.
You’re HOPE is so powerful.
We were created to give hope to the rest of the world. And it’s my challenge to you today to do just that. Give your HOPE away. Our experiences give us the unfair advantage of HOPE and someone that you will see today needs that precious gift.
Your story, which is always being written, is a deadly tool that can be used to shut down the enemy’s fiercest attacks. Our brothers and sisters desperately need to see you standing up boldly and sharing your story, however “crazy” it may be, so that they can see that hope does exist and it’s still alive!