Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Rippling Effects

Have you ever heard a statement that influences your life so much it literally changes the way you approach life from that point on? Several years ago, that happened to me.

This is the statement that changed my life: "Everything that happens in your life has a rippling effect on your life. Good or bad, it is like throwing a pebble in a pond. No matter how small the splash, the rippling effect influences everything around it."

This statement can easily be aligned with 3 Dimensional Life. Students come into our program because they allowed a bad pebble into their pond and the rippling effect was negative. The splash have been small, perhaps even subtle, but the influences spread to everything around them. It influences their performance in school, their relationships with parents and siblings, their hope for the future, their purpose in life, etc.

However, by coming to 3 Dimensional Life, they are experiencing a new rippling effect: they are watching recovery take place in their lives as they seek the LORD. Then, watching how that decision positively influences their families and their decisions for the future. They have hope and are rediscovering their purpose in life.

Isn't that amazing?

Helping students discover freedom from destructive behaviors does not just end at their graduation. It influences entire families, how they respond to life, it influences more than we can ever know.

What is influencing your life?

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