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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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The Teacher Who Told Me to STOP Writing

"I'm sick of this Jeannie business, and if I hear of it one more time, you're in big trouble!!!" This tongue lashing came Mrs. Mulkey, my second-grade-teacher-from-hell. Now, let it be known, I love teachers. Teachers are my heroes. Throughout all of my schooling, I only had two bad ones. That's a 98% success rate for all my teachers throughout all time, so that's pretty darn amazing. I've blogged about a lot of the 98, singing their praises, and today I'm going to share about one of the two from hell. Because now I'm an adult with a voice and I can.
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When Life Lands You In a Ditch

Unforseen, rare things happen to me. They just do. Can you relate? When my family went tubing this week, I was preparing to go down the hill and I asked the employee who was helping us if anybody ever goes over the berm while tubing. "Oh no...not to worry...that never happens..." Famous last words. This is why it's very hard for me to trust people. Anybody. Anyone but God. I was tubing down a lane all the way to the right. My husband was at the top of the hill when he witnessed my tube flip over the berm, to the right and head down a hill...one that wasn't an actual tubing hill. I wasn't supposed to be there. I instantly realized it and my heart was struck with fear. Ever been in a scary place that you never planned to go to, and yet there you were?
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3 Reasons to Not Give Up

Your Need is Normal Do you have a need? To have a miracle you must first have a need. Everybody wants a miracle but nobody wants the problem it takes to get one. Realize, you are not alone in that you have something that needs to be solved, a mountain that needs to be moved, a wrong that needs to be righted. Stop focus ing on how sucky your need is and start focusing on how big your God is!! Your Breakthrough Is Coming Most people quit right before success. So many people have no idea what victory tastes like because they gave in right before their miracle came. What blessings do we miss because we quit too soon? Your Cause is Worth It Everyone gets frustrated especially when they've been trying to do something for a while. Think about Nelson Mandela who campaigned for justice and freedom in  South Africa. Do not think he got a little weary spending 20 years in jail taking a stand against apartheid? Of course. Anything that matters has a huge cost. If what you...
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I hate stigmas

Stigma: a distinguishing mark of social disgrace. Who decides what they are, anyway? What I hate about them is that because they are established by some, many don't get the help they need. I know so many people who hold back in pursuing support or wholeness because a social stigma is attached to whatever they deal with. Whether you have a physical condition or experienced some  type of trauma, if you don't pursue help because of a stigma it makes what you go through even worse. I am part of a support group. Sometimes I help others, and at other times I'm the one in need. The help I receive doesn't just make things bearable, it makes walking in true victory possible. Victory is not pasting on a smile and acting like nothing is wrong. Victory is acknowledging and facing the battle, and reaching out for the help you need to win it. I beg you, my friend, don't let a social stigma about anything hold you back from reaching for the help you need.  
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