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You’re not always right.

No offense, but you’re not.

And I’m not saying this because I’m a Super Smarty Pants who knows everything and always does what I’m supposed to do.

Quite the opposite, in fact.

I’m a Super Silly Pants who has all sorts of ideas that are not always the best thing for me.

Case in point:

The day before Melissa and I were due to leave on the first tour in our travel van, we called Karen Drucker.

If you don’t already know Karen Drucker, you should. She’s written tons of amazing and powerful songs. She’s also a wonderful performer with the ability to transport a room into fits of giddy laughter and deep peace. She’s the Real Deal.

So we called the Real Deal the night before we left on our tour to ask about pricing our music flash drives.

In the course of our conversation, she asked if we were going to post a travelogue online to share our journey with others.

No. No, we were not.

Not only that, we had reasons we weren’t going to do it.

It seemed too braggadocios. We had recently received a large donation that allowed us to purchase the travel van. Wouldn’t that be rubbing it in everyone’s face?

Plus, we didn’t want to share that much of ourselves with the world. We’re not the sort of folks who take pictures of our meals and slap the photo on Facebook and Instagram.

Research has shown that posting pictures of your meal before you eat it increases the pleasure of eating said meal. Whatever.

We don’t document our daily highs and lows with anyone but each other and our close peeps. The whole idea of a travelogue seemed a little too . . . indulgent.

We had considered it once, considered it again, and decided against it.

The Real Deal set us straight.

She explained that people would love to hear about our travels. They would love to know more about our van. If they didn’t already have a similar vehicle and wanted one, our travelogue would give them a mental equivalent of what was possible.

Also, we were about a year and a half into Covid at this point. The Real Deal pointed out that folks were stir crazy. Following our travels would allow them to feel like they were getting out of the frickin’ house, even if they were only doing so virtually.

The Real Deal also shared her experience of receiving gifts, and the importance of really receiving those gifts. And allowing oneself to be seen in doing so.

The Real Deal was adamant.

Post a travelogue! It will benefit you, others, and your ministry! Do it!

So we listened.

The next day, we set off on our adventure and we put a post on Facebook and Instagram telling the world what we were doing.

The response was immediate and strong.

People loved it! They were excited about what we were doing! They were looking forward to following us on a daily basis!

We ended up documenting the entire trip. And every trip since.

The Real Deal was right. Sharing our travels – the challenging as well as the fulfilling aspects – has benefited us, others, and our ministry. We feel more connected to our peeps when we’re on the road. We hear from folks all the time about how much they enjoy the posts. Instead of people being resentful about us having the van, they’ve been inspired by it.

Even though we were so sure we were right in our pre-trip decision not to post, we were totally wrong.

It took someone else, someone with a more objective – and wider and more expansive – view to lead us to what was actually the best thing to do.

So that’s what I mean when I say that you’re not always right.

Whenever you’re dead set on doing something, especially if that something is supported by reasons that are a smidge safe and contracted, it would be in your best interests to consider a wider view.

That big fat view might come from Spirit whispering in your ear. It might come from someone like the Real Deal cheerleading you in an unexpected direction. It might come from a song you hear on the radio.

Whenever you have a chance to reevaluate your safe and fixed idea, do so!

Expansive vistas await.

What’s your experience with your safe plan vs. the expanded idea? Share your comments below!

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