Where does the plan originate?

Jan 212008
 
 January 21, 2008  Miscellaneous 1 Response »

I'm still thinking about planning and goals: specifically, how can I differentiate between God's promises to me and my day-to-day goal-setting? When I read stories, especially from the Old Testament, it's pretty clear that much of the time, it wasn't the person picking a plan but God giving them a promise or a vision which either became their focus, or happened in ways they couldn't have foreseen. Take Joseph for example. God gave him a dream in which his father and mother and brothers bowed down to him. Now, I hope that didn't become Joseph's plan for his life. Must [ Read more...]

Baby steps

Jan 142008
 
 January 14, 2008  Miscellaneous 2 Responses »

Because I love coming up with ideas and starting things, and I'm not nearly as good at managing or finishing things (no one can do everything well! :), I tend not to really think through everything that's involved in a project before I dive in. Plus, when I believe God is telling me to do something, I usually go forward and assume that he'll give me whatever help I need. Sometimes that works well, but sometimes I run into problems because I end up with too many things to do at the same time. And then I get flustered. Now, [ Read more...]