Here are 10 lessons it took me years to understand:
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For years, I resisted a call to ministry, partly because of this advice. The simple fact was that I could do some things besides ministry. I had some success in business. In fact, at one point I was extremely successful in my field. In my own strength, I found I could do many things.
I enjoyed meeting some of the people that I admire online this week at Cultivate Conference in Chicago. Names that appear bigger than life to me, because I enjoy their blogs and work so much, were up close and personal. I shook the hands of people like, Jon Acuff, Kem Meyer, Scott McClellan, Kent Shaffer, Tony Steward and Rhett Smith.
This month our local Clarksville Family Magazine featured one such woman, Kelly Blevins. Kelly, and fellow Grace girl Lynne Woodson, have decided to use their experience with cancer to launch a local support group for other breast cancer patients. This type ministry fires me up, because it addresses real and practical needs. I want to be their biggest cheerleader!
They may not admit it, because it sounds somewhat morbid, but leaders love when things are messy…The truth is leaders love fixing a problem…
You got to love (or not) the staff I work with. They put a lot of effort into their work (nonsense) sometimes. Now they are in the product design/info commercial phase of ministry. If we sell enough of these, we are buying a new building!
The most common reasons for not pursuing a dream or goal are the fear of failure or the uncertainty of success.
This is awesome. Probably a good idea they canceled! 🙂 Thanks to Failblog for sharing this. (Not sure if it’s staged or not, but still funny!)
Never underestimate the power of God’s intervention in your life. He uses broken, mixed up, hurting, fracture stories to mold and shape some of His greatest work.
Either:
* They fail
* Nothing changes
* They shine
* Why is God blessing your efforts?
* Who should most get the credit?
* What if no one recognizes your efforts, would you still be glad you did as much as you did?
This football season we have been able to participate in tailgate alley. In an attempt to get others involved, we have an exciting event coming up at our tent
I have always found it interesting that Rahab continued to be known as a harlot…a prostitute…a hooker… (Sorry for the crude word, but that probably best captures how she must have been viewed at one point in her life.)
Words are powerful…..
We were sharing stories in our weekly community group recently and half of us had experiences where words altered the path of our life.
As a former business owner, I recognize and appreciate good customer service. On our recent vacation to the Southwest, being free from the normal distractions of work, I was even more in tune with the good and bad of customer service we received. Perhaps it was because I was looking more closely than normal, but I honestly believe we saw extremes.