setting goals
November 15, 2013
Ever set a BIG goal? If you are like me, you tend to choose HUGE goals that seem to overwhelm you. Our tendency is to become emotionally overwhelmed by the audacity of the goal - sometimes resulting in abandoning the goal because "it is just too big." I was determined not to allow this to happen to me during my marathon training. Keep in mind, I was trying to go from NOT running at all to running a marathon (26.2 miles) in only 6 months. That's pretty audacious! So, I took an approach that translates very well into just about […]
March 12, 2012
We all want to grow. We all want to get better at our job, our ministry, our calling. Although the desire to grow is common, actual growth is not so common. I think one of the main reasons we fail to move from intention to actual growth is because we don't set clear, definable goals. Vague intentions almost never take us to a desired destination. It’s not enough to identify an area that needs attention. We then need to ask God for a vision of what it will be like to achieve the desired growth in this area. When you […]