Hey @AmericanAir, I have a giant Christmas tour coming up and I left two of my favorite tuxedos in the closet on your plane… please help save Christmas!
Love, Brett
aka #MrChristmas
Know today that you are in God's story.
You matter to God. But ultimate meaning won't come from putting the spotlight on you. Your life will have the greatest significance when you choose to make it about the One who welcomes you into his never-ending story.
I took this pic on Saturday- a keepsake from my last show as a touring musician. It’s been such a privilege to claim that job title for so many years!
Let’s be clear. This is not retirement. That would mean I’m quitting work altogether.
It’s also not because I’m burned out or unwell or sick or heartbroken or grieving. I am more at peace and more free than any other time of my life.
It’s not for any of those reasons.
Let me tell you the real reason. It’s the parable that Jesus used in Matthew 13:44:
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
Knowing Jesus and telling others about Him is the treasure of my life. And I want you to know this, so you can have Him as your treasure too.
I want my family to experience it and my kids to know this joy. I don’t want a career based upon building a name for myself to get in the way of that, no matter what kind of popularity or career I’ve gained.
There is not another #1 song I can write, album I can release, sold out concert I can perform, that is more important than this.
I don’t want the Granger Smith name to be famous, instead I want to proclaim the name of Christ! The one that has washed me clean, the one that has freed me from my shame and my guilt. The one that gave me a new heart. I want Him to be known! And I want to know Him more. That is the real reason I’m leaving music touring.
From now on when you hear the name Granger Smith, my goal is NOT for you to say:
“He was a great singer.” Or “a great speaker” or “author” or not even what a “great loss he suffered.”
Instead, when you hear my name, I want you to think, “Granger Smith? Oh, I’ve heard of him. What a great Savior we have in Jesus!”
I hope to see y’all soon on a new kind of stage.
🎉 Today is my 36th birthday! Instead of gifts, or birthday cards, or words of encouragement… what I would like is for us to rally to identify, rescue or protect children trapped in the worst of evils.
Join unKNOWN: https://t.co/27NsHTHUbY
As a society we have looked away for too long when it comes to the horrors so many children face, but maybe today can be a day where thousands stand in the gap for these children and we do all we can to let them know we are coming.
The evil I am writing you about may be growing at an even faster rate than human trafficking...it’s called CSAM – child sexual abuse material.
Child trafficking is getting a lot of attention, but what most people don’t know is that the majority of victims are trafficked down the hallway, in their own homes.
One survivor of child sexual abuse shared in her victim impact statement, "When I was a little girl and when I was being photographed while being raped, I used to try to send messages with my eyes down the lens in hopes that one day a good person might see and come help me."
My hope and prayer is that we can be those "good people." We can be the people who don’t look away.
Will you consider joining our mission at the Tim Tebow Foundation. Right now, we are running my 36th birthday campaign called unKNOWN. Our heart with unKNOWN is to partner with our amazing heroes in law enforcement and other organizations to help identify and protect a specific group of more than 50,000 children we know have been sexually exploited but whose identities and locations remain unknown.
We must do whatever we can to get to the unKNOWN. We need a team. We need an army. We need people who refuse to look away. For my 36th birthday, I pray to do just that – rally an army, ready to fight for these boys and girls living in this nightmare. For the 8,000+ who have already joined us, THANK YOU! I am grateful for you.
Please consider joining me for my 36th birthday: https://t.co/27NsHTHUbY
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