Power Of Positivity # 2 (Trina Agee Cornell)

Good evening! For the next 28 days, I will be on a mission trip to Vietnam. During that time, I will have new blogs each night from guest authors! (Also, on many nights, I will post pictures from my trip here!) For the next 26 evenings, my spot will be filled by my dear sister in Christ, Trina Agee Cornell! Trina and I went through many mission trips together and I have been a guest in Trina's and her husband, Bob's home. Please keep me in your prayers!
I enjoy communicating with my family and friends through social media – especially Facebook. I
follow a number of people and organizations that focus their efforts on spreading positivity to
the masses. I love reading posts from Proverbs 31 Ministries, tobymac, Lysa TerKeurst (the
founder of Proverbs 31 Ministries) – and Power of Positivity. I came across this organization
through a friend of mine – I noticed that she shared posts from them on a regular basis, and I
decided I would “like” the page and check it out for myself. Power of Positivity has spoken to
me on a number of levels – the Lord allows just the right one to cross my path when it is most
needed. I wanted to focus this series of blog posts on the posts that have resonated with me –
and the lessons that I have learned from them.
“Stay low-key. Not everyone needs to know everything about you.”
There was a time when I shared freely about my life – especially with my closest friends. There
was a time when I felt the need to share everything – or close to everything – with those people
that would listen. When I read this particular post, it hit me in the gut. I realized that, in a way,
my actions in this regard gave people the wrong impression about me. I consider myself to be a
low-maintenance person – I stay out of drama, striving to avoid it like the plague. Little did I
know – sharing all that I shared created the very drama that I sought to avoid. Not everyone
needs to know everything about me – there are certain things that need to be kept private.
In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon reminds us that, “To everything there is a season, and
a time for every purpose under heaven” (3:1). There is a time and place for me to share my
heart – and there is a time and place for me to be silent. The Lord gave us two ears and one
mouth for a reason – we need to be “quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry”
(James 1:19). I don’t know about you, but I know I need to do a better job of listening –
listening to understand, listening to encourage, and listening to support.

God bless,
Steve
Luke 18:1
E-mail me at shawley@westburychristian.org