You Don’t Have to Be . . .
Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 08:25PM
J. Mark Jordan

A gift doesn’t have to be expensive to be priceless.

A sermon doesn’t have to be eternal to be immortal.

A family doesn’t have to be in total agreement to be harmonious.

Lyrics don’t have to be vulgar to be honest.

You don’t have to be well-traveled to be well-rounded.

You don’t have to be educated to be smart.

Your clothing doesn’t have to be trendy to be fashionable.

You don’t have to shout to be heard.

You don’t have to be cutting-edge to be effective.

You don’t have to be good-looking to be beautiful.

You don’t have to be “woke” to be insightful.

You don’t have to have money to be rich.

You don’t have to be cocky to be confident.

You don’t have to be liberal to be compassionate.

You don’t have to be sensual to be loving.

A church doesn’t have to be contemporary to be relevant.

You don’t have to be slender to be attractive.

You don’t have to be insensitive to be straight-forward.

You don’t have to be clownish to be humorous.

You don’t have to be pompous to be proper.

You don’t have to be trampled to be submitted.

You don’t have to be a walking thesaurus to be knowledgeable.

 

 

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