10,000 messages
Today while searching for someones email address on their company’s website I accidentally clicked on their email address instead of copying it and my computer automatically launched my default email program, which I don’t use, to send the message. I quickly exited out and went about my normal routine of sending them an email, but what I didn’t realize was that the email program was still collecting emails from my account, and continued to do so for about 3 hours. When the process was finished I heard a beep and after figuring out what it was I saw that it had imported over 10,000 messages from my email account.
It wrinkles my brain to think that I have that many messages sitting in my email account right now, and that doesn’t even include the messages that I have deleted over the years. What’s even more mind boggling is that I have read ALL of these message. I couldn’t tell you my favorite nor do I have one that sticks out in my mind, but I’ve read them all.
Today, this week, this month, this year, this decade, and in your lifetime you will be bombarded with thousands of messages at the same time. You probably won’t remember most, or any, of them because they don’t have a lasting impact. However, there is ONE message that has a lasting impact and eternal significance. The message of Jesus Christ. Sound too cliche? Well, get over it. He died for you when you hated him and knows everything about you yet still loves you, so there. Nobody’s gonna top that offer.
Why not live in it, preach it, teach it, spread it, share it with the world in everything you do? Cut through the clutter in 2010 and give people a message to consider that really matters.
