Leadership and Vision

Yet another entry that has nothing at all to do with preschool or homeschool!  God, in His infinite wisdom had ordained that tonight at church we would have a guest pastor conducting the last in a session of leadership seminars that he has been leading over the past year.  It was definitely very challenging!  Especially the part where he was talking about how leaders see in advance where God is moving and working and plan for it.  It reminds me of one of my favourite verses Galatians 5:25 "If we walk in the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."... So this is what I'm working towards, but the challenge is having enough confidence that God will not allow your foot to be moved as you move along the straight and narrow way in following Him.  I am finding my current phase of life (supply teaching, tutoring, and babysitting when I'm not busy) to be not extremely conducive to living a life that is planned with a purpose.  Things are too up in the air for me to say, "This is my goal for the week and this is how I am going to live and what I am going to do to achieve my goal."  I guess the perpetual challenge is to set aside a purposeful time each day to re-examine your priorities in the light of how God is moving and working in those around you.  My prayer for this week is that I would spend some time each day renewing my mind in God's Word and investing in the relationships which God has allowed me to build with others. 

On a completely unrelated note, Christmas time is coming and it's time to start thinking about our church's Bethlehem Walk outreach ministry.  (Every year we act out the Christmas story for our friends and neighbours in the community and collect food to be given to our local food bank or to families who we know of through the church who could use some encouragement.)  I have the amazing privilege of writing the script for this ministry and this week, when I couldn't sleep at 4:00 in the morning, I planned out all of the sites for this year.  Our focus for this year will be Jesus is the Son of God and we will be looking at the life of Christ through the eyes of the "beloved" disciple, John.  I'm so excited to present this to the church at our business meeting tomorrow night!

May you be encouraged in the knowledge that God is completing the work He began in you and He has graciously ordained the days of your life.  You can trust God's plans today because He loves you and He knows what tomorrow holds. 

Blessings!

Jennifer