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What To Do First to Make a Profit

The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat  ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're  not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director.  Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year.  God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
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Fried

Tiring day. (Getting tired of me saying that?) Just speaking my thoughts...in my unconventional style, unabridged...

Really too brain fried to blog anything meaningful to speak of. Had a full day at work today, then came home to an absolute wreck. "The band" rehearsing in the garage, complete with a "photo shoot" going on, and a kitchen that looked like a cyclone hit it from kids eating everything but the kitchen sink. I told the kids, that can't happen again. I rushed to get things in order and Larry and I went to a teachers forum for SS tonight and took Savanna with us. I couldn't leave her behind...she was with the boys all day and I just couldn't do it to her. She went along and played with Marcus.

Mondays are mine and Larry's most draining days and honestly when I get home on Monday nights the very last thing in the world I want to do is go out again. I wouldn't even consider a date night, or anything of the sort. I don't work out, or usually do anything of much magnitude but get in my shorts and t-shirt, do a little bit of cleaning, lay around and watch TV with my family or talk, and go to bed. But tonight was one of those nights I couldn't, so we went to the meeting and then I came home and got straight in bed.

Dustin told me he's feeling sick again. With the way he sounds I think he might need another procedure. I need to call the doc in the morning. Take Geena to the doc tomorrow as well for her annual checkup, do a boatload of work, and then maybe chill out for a few hours if I'm blessed that way.

I believe in faith I will be.

In the meantime... working on messages... working out details for Africa...and praying my guts out. I realize more than ever my need to seek the Lord. I'm not a huge fan of Martin Luther, but one thing he did say that I like was, "I have so much to do today that I must pray for three hours first..." I'm sort of feeling that way. But can I do it from my bed?

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