John C. Maxwell wrote a book entitled: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently
In it he states…
“Tone, inflection, timing, volume, pacing—everything you do with your voice communicates something and has the potential to help you connect to or disconnect from others when you speak.”
But here’s a question: what happens when you lose your voice?
As many of you know, I was in the hospital last week. If you’ve ever had a stay in a hospital, you know that it’s hard to rest. People are constantly coming in to check on you, to give you medicine, to check your vitals, to bring you food, to do lab work, to give you a diagnosis etc. It’s kind of exhausting.
One of the questions that nurses have been asking for about 30 years is: What rating would you give your pain level? A few times, I was in so much pain that I could barely communicate verbally to let her know. And for much of my stay, I had an NG tube in which hampered my ability to communicate comfortably.
But just because I had a hard time communicating didn’t mean I shouldn’t. I would have gotten worse if I couldn’t communicate with the medical team. Not only that, their communication with me showed me that they cared. They showed compassion and concern, which made me feel seen. Their calling was to help patients get better.
We have a similar calling. We are called to make the world better – one person at a time. We are called to share the abundant, healing, and transformative love of Christ with others so that they can be whole and the world can be whole.
It’s a big task. Almost too much to comprehend. Communication is critical
This Sunday, we will take a deeper look at the role of communications in discipleship. Want to make an impact? Want to start building the tools needed to love one another to Christ? Join us on Sunday and bring a friend. And remember, God loves you. Rev Nena loves you. And so do I.
