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...
Got this idea from Sharon over at A Hoosier Family.
Try a few yourself by going to http://www.faceinhole.com/! This is part of what I'm doing today on "Fun Friday" - my day off - to amuse myself. I have to figure out what to do now. My original plans for the day have changed. Why?
I was supposed to get my permanent crown today (on my tooth...my heavenly one's still being made). However, on this day which is ONE IN A MILLION, my day is CLEAR because the dentist office called this morning and said they have an emergency to deal with and can't do my crown today. Drats! Now I'm just sitting RIGHT HERE. I thought I would CRY. I wanted to say, what do you think that EVERYTHING'S ABOUT YOU? All this because my tooth was GOOD AND BROKEN. Now I'm just sitting here AS I AM. Another week of putting up with this temporary one that I have to eat ever so gingerly with!!?? Now another week is gonna START ALL OVER with me having to be careful of this crown not coming off when I eat. I know the wait will be WORTH IT, but the point is, I will have to wait, and WHO SAID it will be easy to avoid eating hard or crunchy things on the left hand side of my mouth? Another week of avoiding candy (which I should be doing in the first place anyway).
The boys are going to PK camp today (see previous post from today) and it's just Savanna Montana and I left with Larry. We'll have to do something special, just the three of us. Or maybe just a GIRL'S NIGHT OUT. Whatever the case, we need something that will be THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. :-) I'll just get ready and put on my OLD BLUE JEANS and we'll do something special because LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT. When she gets home from school I'll have to say, LET'S DANCE! WE GOT THE PARTY! So put down your back pack ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DA, and let's have a blast...so much fun it'll be as IF WE WERE A MOVIE!
When the dentist office called this morning to cancel I should have said, "that's okay...NOBODY'S PERFECT... and...I know stuff happens and THIS IS LIFE... but THE OTHER SIDE OF ME has a tooth that needs fixing... and I MISS YOU... I MISS YOU Dr. Ghabbour, and my tooth needs you desperately! So when will I SEE YOU AGAIN? But that would have been THE WRONG WAY to deal with it. Nope, didn't say that to the lady who called me on the phone this morning from the office, even though I GOT NERVE. (Usually!)
p.s. Obviously I'm joking about my reaction to the dentist office... I love my dentist and my dentist office!!! (Coast Dental in Wesley Chapel) They rock!!! I completely understand emergencies, after all, I'm a pastor and much of my life deals with emergencies. If you don't have a little girl in your house and have no idea of Hannah Montana or her songs this post won't make much sense to you. Everything in CAPS is a title of one of her songs. I hear them often, coming loudly from my daughter's room. In everything she does she's determined to MAKE SOME NOISE, just like her Momma. :-)
By the way, when we saw Hannah Montana's movie with our friend Jenn Hart and her daughter Morgan, I told them I became immediately inspired...I'm writing a sermon series, all with titles from Hannah's songs. Some of them are just perfect for it! Think about it!
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