Canceled!

Canceled: a term used to describe the act of stopping the support for someone who has said or done something that is considered unacceptable or offensive. 

Hell, I was canceled before there was a cancel culture.   Before, we didn’t look at it as canceled. If you said or did  something offensive to society or work it was deemed being politically incorrect.  But that was light compared to canceling someone these days.  When you’re canceled, people stop supporting you.  The people you thought were in your corner, when you look around, they are not there.  The people you invested time, money, and love into; they just walked away.  People that you built memories with. Gone! 

They ostracized you.  Now you are alone. 

Yes, that’s what happens when someone cancels you. And that hurts. 

Whether it’s your family, your friends, your coworkers, or congregation, it hurts all the same. 

Sometimes the people who canceled you come back. But time doesn’t come back.  You’ve lost precious time with the people you thought were as invested in you as you were in them. There’s a gap in life’s memories that you can’t fill.

But the Good News Is:  No one can cancel you.  They can disagree with you, dislike you, disregard you and never talk to you again but you’re not canceled.  You’re still here doing your thing.  Just think, you don’t have them to distract you.  Don’t let people stop your progress.  You have enough inside of you for your miracle. 

I learned that I have my back always.  Sink or swim “I got me”.   Canceling if you let it, can kill your dreams and your forward movement.

Unfortunately, I know someone that was canceled.  He thought it was because he was brown. If I’m honest that was part of it.  He couldn’t get over it and depression took him out.

So, I‘ll say it louder “NO ONE CAN CANCEL YOU”.

Canceling is meant to make you feel powerless. Find your strength in God and you will never be powerless.  

Remember this, the next time someone cancels you. Or tries to.  Be encouraged.