The other night we watched a documentary called Zeitgeist. A fellow coworker, being an atheist, wanted us to look into it, because he said there is lots of hidden history revealed there. David blogged about it here. And he’s the best and blogging about those kinds of things.
We only watched the first bit. I certainly didn’t want to get into 9/11 conspiracy theories, but from the beginning part, I liked some of the astrological parallels to Jesus. I can dig that. :)
These are things I will bring into fruition through out 2010. I am more excited about this year than I have been about any year of my adult life. This is the year of dreams coming true. I have spent the last several years dreaming. This year I will reap a harvest.
From Habakkuk Chapter 2:
2 Then the LORD answered me and said:
“ Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
What follows is me writing the vision (verse 2a) clear enough for me and anyone else who will join me to whole-heartedly run with it (verse 2b):
First, a note on the idea of running with me: Women are primarily relational. I truly desire, and, in fact, need to be surrounded by people who share a similar goal or the same goal as mine. I have always longed for a team of strong women to join alongside me in ministry and personal growth. This stems out of a desire to share my life with others, to develop into a leader by digging in deep with the ones who want to and never looking back.
Now on the the things that will come into being this year:
Take Me Away This is the teenage girls ministry that I have dreamed of for several years. It’s time to start offering myself and my ideas to the middle and high school girls of Brevard. We will see insecure girls turn into brilliant warrior chicks ready to battle the demons of poor self-images, sexual promiscuity, and the destructive disease of gossip.
Creative Worship It’s time to bring together a group of worshippers so desiring of a place and time to pour out their creative spirits for praise and worship via music and the Arts. It’s time to build a collective group of people who will usher God’s spirit into the setting of a church meeting like no other.
The Definition of Beauty This is a working title for my book, which God gave me the clarification of last October. 2010 will see the completion of my thoughts on the subject that I’ve realized my whole life has been leading up to.
EatWell.SleepWell.RunWell This is my year-long campaign by which I will rejuvenate and redefine my body. My choices of food and my bedtime are what will determine my physical health this year, and how well I will be able to train for 5 and 10k races.
Transition Trade The entrepreneurial machine that will enable me to lose my full-time day job to the freedom of planning, writing, and living out everything mentioned above with the resources – the time and money – to do it not just well but abundantly.
*Take note of the umbrella organizations for some of the above: Even Though Student Ministries for Take Me Away and A New Thing for Creative Worship, both of which can be found detailed in my husband’s visionary document for 2010 here.
How will these things come into being?
DAILY DISCIPLINE.
First, by prayer – asking God to bless what I have laid before Him, giving thanks for who He is and how He has provided. Then by reciting this every morning: “I have been brought into this world for bigger things than I can even imagine. I walk with a purpose that I am so passionate about that I will not allow my temptation for apathy or laziness to takeover. I am blessed and highly favored in all my goings and comings, and I am anointed to achieve success in Take Me Away, Creative Worship, The Definition of Beauty, EatWell.SleepWell.RunWell, and Transition Trade at a level that the world has never seen. I am a Warrior Princess, being the child of the King and shall not be defeated!”
Do you want to run with me? If any of these Visions resonate with you, connect with me. I need supporters, fellow laborers for the cause. Comment here, or on facebook, or twitter.
It’s go time, baby!
I’ve had a great weekend - lots of fun being out and about – mostly from our weekend trip with our youth and then church yesterday. But even with all the fun and activity, (and the great things to expect from this coming week) I find myself thinking about my failures. Of course, I have many of them. Currently, my house is spotted with dirty clothes from the bedroom to the laundry room. The bar in the kitchen is absolutely covered with papers and miscellaneous objects that aren’t put up in their proper place. My vitamins are left on the shelf without being touched for close to two weeks. My car really needs gas. I haven’t read past the first chapter of the book I started over a week ago. I haven’t finished writing out my dream from last week, and the details aren’t as vivid now. I didn’t go to the gym this morning. I was actually late to work because of all the snoozing.
Maybe these seem like trivial failures to you (or maybe you completely relate). But most of these are my week in-week out failures that I just can’t seem to get a grip on. But even though I haven’t conquered them yet, I was reminded of a great truth this morning.
David and I climbed into the car, and I hurriedly backed out of the driveway. “We’ve made it to work on time before when leaving at 8:00,” I said. I looked down at the clock on my cell phone – 8:04. We’ll see.
Then David proclaimed, “We’re going to have a good day. We are favored.” Immediately, I thought, It wasn’t God who pushed the snooze button seven times. Then I simply asked, “Do we have God’s favor when we make mistakes?” I knew the answer even as I asked the question. I thought about the countless examples of people in the Bible who truly had God’s favor but who utterly messed up. David confirmed by nodding his head.
And so I drove on with that concept in my mind. You can’t keep trying to make up for all the things you may have done in the past. You just have to accept the day that you are in (forget yesterday or even earlier this morning) and make one good decision in the present moment. It makes the next good decision easier and then the next. And before you know it, you’re at the end of your week with a clean house, more of your book read, your vitamins taken, your body feeling good from the excercise you did, and maybe even some more of that dream written out. And then you can focus on the most important and amazing things in life – like people.
