Meaning

What WWJD Means — And What TFB249 Stands For

Two bracelets. Two questions. One beautiful idea about how we choose to live.

WWJD — What Would Jesus Do?

In the late 1800s, a Kansas pastor named Charles Sheldon wrote a novel called In His Steps. The book asks a single question, over and over, of a small group of Christians who pledge to do nothing for a full year without first asking it:

"What would Jesus do?"— Charles Sheldon, In His Steps, 1896

A hundred years later, a youth group leader in Michigan handed out a few woven bracelets with those four letters — W. W. J. D. — and the idea exploded. By the mid-1990s, you couldn't walk through a youth group, a Christian college, or a summer camp without seeing them on every wrist.

WWJD asks a beautiful question. In this moment, what would Jesus do?

It is a great place to start.

TFB249 — Be About His Business.

TFB249 takes that same heart one step further. We don't just ask what Jesus would do — we wear a reminder of what Jesus actually said about His own life.

The very first words recorded from Jesus' mouth come in Luke chapter 2. He's twelve years old. His parents had lost him in Jerusalem and finally found him in the temple, sitting with the teachers. Mary, understandably, is upset:

"And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"— Luke 2:49

That's the verse. That's the 249. Those are the first recorded words of the Savior about His own purpose: I must be about my Father's business.

And the beautiful thing? He invites us into the same business.

WWJD asks: "What would He do?"

TFB249 answers: "He would be about His Father's business. So I will, too."

Two bracelets. Same family. Same Father. Forever business. ✨