I did some reflection this morning with College Life gearing up for the big kick-off tomorrow. Here’s what I wrote in my journal this morning during my reflection time – 5 things that I want/hope to be:
- Productive - I want to be a person that gets stuff done. I want to be given tasks, create them myself, and work hard. I want to create work for myself and work near capacity – I thrive on projects. At the same time I want to enable people to perform their spiritual gifts within the body of Christ, so within the desire to create stuff and get stuff done – I have to be diligent to include any leadership team available to join in on the process because it is our ministry, not my ministry – we are the body of Christ called the Church, I am not soloing as the body of Christ.
- Creative – Productivity seems like mindless grunt work without creativity. Creativity allows expression and freedom to create and make things come alive. Creativity takes a task and makes it memorable. I hope that I can make things memorable (in a good way).
- Innovative – If creativity gives the flourish – innovation breaks new ground. I want to do things that no one else has done before. I want to be different. Innovators are leaders, and that’s where I want to be. Within the College Life leadership team I am ALWAYS emphasizing the “why not” aspect of ministry. “Why not do something different?” “Why not try something new?” “Why not change this one element that we’ve been doing and do it different or just drop it or replace it with something else?” “Why not?” I think it’s good to continue to jump off cliffs. If we fail, no sweat, we just keep moving – God is good and He is in total control. I think that He truly desires initiative – go get’r done!
- Loving – I don’t want to be a person known for task accomplishments and effective time management, I want to be recognized as a person who loves passionately! I want to always be overflowing with a love for my family, friends, leadership team, college students, calling, and life in general. I hope and pray that I never get caught up in the details of ministry that I forget about loving people first. I hope and pray that I would stop things to be with people when those times come up. People want to know that you care and I want people to know that I care. A good friend of mine taught me this a long time ago.
- Spiritual. At the end of the day – there’s nothing more important than my walk with God. I want people to know that my life is continually being changed, shaped, and that I am continaully be transformed into the image of Christ because I spend time with Him. I pray that I would make it my primary initiative to not get caught up in things that are ultimately meaningless at the end of the day but to invest in my King, Creator, and maker.
Well…that’s what I want to be…what do you want to be??
Filed under: Personal, Reflection
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