I got a lot of feedback and wisdom from people on the last post regarding productivity organizations. I appreciate the help. Tonight I read the latest post on another guy's blog. I don't know how to do links or any of that yet, but his post was a simple, yet profound statement about our existence - 50 words that tell us why we were created. It inspired me to think more about my existence and to get more serious about this question: am I fulfilling the purpose of my life? All 50 of the words that he used were synonyms for proclaiming Him / magnifying Him / glorifying Him / enjoying Him, etc. How do the two blogs relate? Well, an organization like the ones we talked about on the previous post (as a result of God's common grace) can help one formulate mission statements, goals, fulfilling responsibilities, etc. If we are guided by scripture then we understand what the ultimate purpose for everything is, namely, spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ (or however you like to say it). Perhaps we could use more focus on being better stewards of God's time (redeeming the time) by reading some of this material or taking some of these classes. Or perhaps we would be more comfortable reading from someone in the Biblical counseling realm who has formulated some similar tools. James C. Petty has written a book entitled "Step By Step" and a smaller booklet entitled, "Priorities: Mastering Time Management." Both are in the "resources for changing lives" series. (this would be another good spot for some links and/or pictures of the book/booklet. If any of you want to offer some advice on how to do some of these techy things - I'm an accountant and we are usually behind on technology.) If any of you out there have not spent significant time formulating a mission statement, goals for your life, and/or resolutions, I strongly recommend that you do so. The same goes for churches and other organizations. Jonathan Edwards is one great example of a Christian who did this. I think he was a teenager (at least for part of the writing of his 70 resolutions). Two great things to keep in mind for a mission statement/resolutions/goals, etc:
1)What Edwards wrote at the beginning of his resolutions:
"BEING SENSIBLE THAT I AM UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT GOD' S HELP, I DO HUMBLY ENTREAT HIM BY HIS GRACE TO ENABLE ME TO KEEP THESE RESOLUTIONS, SO FAR AS THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO HIS WILL, FOR CHRIST' S SAKE."
2)Keep in mind is that we must regaulrly review them to see how we are doing. Again, Edwards is helpful here:
"Remember to read over these Resolutions once a week."
You could write the best mission statement known to man and never look at it again. This is not God-honoring. This is not redeeming the time. It is like being a hearer of the word and not a doer. I pray that we would be good stewards over this precious gift of time that we have been given. May God grant you resolve to glorify Him!
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Here's some help about making your site more "pretty" with links and pictures.
With linking and adding pictures, there are icons on the toolbar you can use when you are "creating a new post." Highlight any word or phrase you want to link and press the link button (you can probably check out the help section of blogger.com) Also, to add pictures it is the same process, just save it to your desktop prior to adding it onto your blog. Then, you can delete it.
I just started poking around on blogger.com to find out about link, pictures, etc. Try the help section if my vague directions don't help.
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