Busy Bee
Wed, Mar 11, 2009
Lately I have been busy, I mean really busy. I have had more on my plate than I even care to articulate. It hasn’t been bad, I enjoy having a lot to do. What I have found though, is that the tyranny of the urgent can cause you to loose site of the fundamentals. For me and my position, the fundamentals are taking time to be with people, building relationships, sending people notes, and so much more. It’s hard to make room for those relationship building mechanisms when your whole life is consumed with planning missions trips, planning events, marketing, nailing down a final location, etc., etc.
I believe this is where determined leadership comes in. I can’t forget that I am called to reach people, not to plan events. I am called to find those people who are living disconnected from God, not to finding a building. The truth is, both are connected, but one must take precedence.
We all have a primary role that can get over run by a secondary task, the hard part is being a strong enough leader to recognize when we have allowed the lesser to become the greater…
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