Proverbs 16:24 “Kind words are like honey–sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.”
Makoto Fujimura asked a very simple and very powerful question: What if?
He asked us to do the same. “To ask “what if?” is not just idealism or false hope or fantasy. “What if” questions are filled with hope and faith while acknowledging our struggle for that quest. ” ( “What if?” – also see Culture Care)
“What if” questions are questions intended as seeds of creative growth, ideas that will influence actions in positive ways… they are a call to living with intention. To ask “what if” questions, we must start with humility and hope. We must take a look at how we spend our time, energy, resources… where we invest our hopes, our imagination, our dreaming. Then we must select the best of them (cutting out the worst) and throw these thoughts forward in faith, asking them of ourselves and of others, trusting that the truth in them will resonate, and break forth into life.
Here are some examples:
- What if I spent a fraction of my entertainment time creating works for others instead?
- What if I saved my bubble-tea money and gave it to missions?
- What if investors were busy making the world more beautiful, livable, good?
- What if students made choices for their education based on how they hope to see the future for others?
Please take a moment to think about it, pray about it, listen, and then ask a ‘what if’ question (or two) that will cause positive action in your life and in others.
Then, go live it.
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