Yes - I'm tweaking my posts slightly so my component pieces are cohesive. The fun of reading my blog is that you get a fairly raw, unedited stream of thoughts from me, and I get the right to tweak to my heart's content after it's published :)
I have heard that for every branch on a tree there is a root of the same length. I don't know if this is true or not, but I do know it takes a lot of roots to hold a tree solid when a tornado strikes.
Similarly, the bigger the plans (branches & leaves), the more deeply rooted the base must be. As I sat at breakfast Wednesday morning I began to write out many of my core beliefs for the best life. As the people who have helped define who I am and the people who's prayers and support enable me most, I wanted to share those thoughts with you. In no particular order...
- Acknowledge Him in all my ways
- Give all the glory to Him
- Strive for truth and excellence
- Be a beacon of His light
- Love always
- Forgive always
- Pray always
- Live in Him always
- Listen always (to the Holy Spirit)
- Rejoice in Him always
- Trust in Him always
- Keep learning
- Keep doing
- Ask, seek, knock - and find
- Build up those around me to fulfill their calling
- Lift up those who's work serves the same purposes
- Invest all excess revenues, personal & corporate, in people and programs that achieve the same ultimate goals.
It would be ludicrous to think that I will always keep these without fail, but thankfully Christ died so that my sins would be forgiven and I wouldn't need to worry about failure, but could focus instead on success. He is the earth these roots are embedded in.
Therefore, my personal commitment is simply to do the best I can every day to live my beliefs, and when I fail (because I know I will), to get back on board as quickly as I am able.
The final part in this series is about the top three goals that interest me.
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