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Waffle House

Jan3

Went in to work late today so that I could (1) recover from staying up too late and then consoling Audrey from 2:30 to 4:30 am and (2) accompany Jim, Lincoln, and Audrey to Waffle House.

Didn’t feel very productive today. I worked on a training presentation, scheduling–lot’s going on in January, and attended a memorial service for Sam Hollis in the Chapel. I’ve been thanked by other employees for attending Sam’s funeral and this service.  That’s really nice, but I didn’t think I needed to be thanked.  Getting thanked was surprising to me actually, and as I pondered that I realized that it’s really more that I appreciate the opportunity to have served along side these saints who are doing as good a work as anyone is in the world.  We are serving 7-800 homeless, helpless, and hurting people every day, and there are so many at NRM who have done this work selflessly for years.  What an honor to know them and have some small part in helping them do what they do.

On a sad note, when I called Mom and Dad to check in, Dad handed Mom the phone so she could talk to me and she didn’t know what to do with it.

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Waffle House with Lincoln and Audrey

Waffle House with Lincoln and Audrey

Goal Setting

Jan2

Back to work, and I must say that I have not yet improved upon my self-discipline.  Maybe I have a good excuse since we had dinner at Wes and Molly’s and got home late, but I was tired, not prepared in the morning to get to the gym until late, quick workout, got to work about 8:20, and just tired all day.    Workwise it was a good day.  I finished a presentation, but had time for the several employees who stopped by with questions and concerns.

Great word from Rick Warren:  Goal setting isn’t just a good idea for productivity. It’s a spiritual discipline, like prayer, fasting, giving, and reading your Bible.  In fact, goal setting can be an act of stewardship as you attempt to make the most of all God has given you. You can waste your life. Plenty of people do it. To make the most of your life and invest it in a way that outlasts you, you’ll need goals.  You’re either someone who makes things happen or watches things happen — or maybe you have no idea what’s happening! Those who make things happen are the people who change the world.

Even God sets goals. The Bible says, “[God] planned to bring all of history to its goal in Christ. Then Christ would be the head of everything in heaven and on earth.” Ephesians 1:10 (GWT). God didn’t sit around and let the history of the world unfold in a way he found appropriate. He planned history. God has goals for the Church. God has goals for every facet of the universe.

My goals are to love God more, to love my family more, to love my friends more, and to improve my health so as to be as good a steward of my abilities as possible.

Jim is still off this week, so he met up with the Wes Cline’s to get the kids so that Wes and Molly could have a date night.  It is such a joy, not to be taken for granted, that Lincoln and Audrey have learned to want to stay with Nannie and Poppa.  They love to come to our home, they like to play, they are fine to play on their own or to hang out with us–I think they are comfortable with us.  They ate a good supper, the only problem is that they are so hard to get to sleep.  We don’t have to lay down with them, but it requires several, no, many trips back to the bedroom to deliver drinks of water, dispel monsters, negotiate bedspace, scold one for touching/hitting/scratching the other, and offering general comfort before they finally give it up and go to sleep.

And oh how precious they are when they are asleep.