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Lord-Led Leaders

God totally calls us ALL into caring for those in the world. But if we look at HOW we are called to be Lord-Led Leaders we will see God so clearly commands us to give our time, attention and energy to our Spiritual “homes,” marital “homes,” parental “homes” and physical “homes” — BEFORE even thinking about serving OUTSIDE of those homes. He says to follow this order faithfully and then POOF! Spiritual peace, prosperity and purpose pop into your world, and then, and only then, you can pop out and serve God well.

I challenge you to give 1 Timothy, Chapter 3 a read and then hop on over and read what I have learned about in my journey to become a Lord-Led Leader!

Heart-Smart Goals

Back in the day, I used to be the woman who cared a whole whack about what she did or, dare I say, “got done” AND what she wore! Because, those WERE the key to make me “valuable” to…well, I may have said “to myself,” but really it was for everyone else.

BUT your brain can only choose to “care about” those things for so long until you realize your body is moving on: it will sag, shake, jiggle, wiggle, and then you have to make a decision about just “why and what” you will be living for.
And GOD certainly didn’t just let me move through this without a bit of HIS “input.” Join me in exploring what I found in 1 Timothy, Chapter 2 that helped me set some “Heart-Smart Goals”!

Your Little Voice

Well, think about it. All day long we face and make decisions based on the “voices” inside our head: telling, yelling, guiding, deciding, connecting and correcting our options — and, well, those “voices” are just FULL of opinions!! The problem is, pretty much always, they don’t all agree!! And sometimes, they even change their ideas from day to day… hour to hour… minute to minute… moment to moment.

Well, what has this girl has learnt? It is time to CHOOSE to listen to a NEW voice!

Obstacles or Opportunities

Oh my, all this COVID-19 business! It certainly has messed with a lot of people’s lives (including mine!!) and in a lot of ways that feel like it’s really created a lot of crazy! Oh, I get it. I know I cannot do a thing to change the reality here in Canada. But, I can change my reality in Cranbrook by shifting my worldview from only seeing “OBSTACLES” by instead, CHOOSING to see unexpected “OPPORTUNITY” to grow in some ways that, well, maybe I hadn’t been attending to as well as before.

Since I can no longer invest in my normal To-Do list, how about I CHOOSE to invest in the things that don’t normally make the tick box or the checklist, but truly are the BEST investment in my day?? So can you guess what it is?? 🙂

Willing…Want to…or Won’t

When it comest to Spiritual Growth, there are three mindsets: WILLING … WANT TO … OR WON’T.

And, don’t you know I have found myself firmly planted in all three at one time or another. But you know what? GOD didn’t give up on me, and HE wound up winning. I have been the QUEEN of “mess-ups and mistakes,” but am also living PROOF of what GOD can DO, and THAT is the thing that drives my days now.