Do Something!
Waiting on the Lord…
Is not an excuse for inaction…
While your perfect situation
Your dream job
Your Dream
Is awaiting heavenly approval
God’s blessing
Do SOMETHING!
Volunteer in the nursery…yes men I mean YOU!
Do SOMETHING!
Only drink water for two weeks and send the money you would have spent on beverages to Living Water International.
Do SOMETHING!
Might God be waiting on us
To just try to be obedient
Loving others and showing compassion
Before our dreams are realized
Or ChAnGeD!
1 John 3:18 “Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.”
The F Word – Our Perspective Defines It
Failure
As a scientist I know that one must generate a logical set of ideas about what, why, how, when, and where in order to partake in the discovery process. Seldom does one have a dream of a new compound or a new architectural or engineering structure and then immediately develop it without change to the original idea. Ignoring that Ironman made it look so incredibly easy to make an entirely new element the generation of that element was necessary because his initial invention was killing him. So, was the initial invention a failure, or just a stepping stone to a better one?
In our ideas about the decisions that make up our every day and those that lead to what looks like failure from many perspectives we should remember that although we may have chosen incorrectly we can still achieve success. When it comes to our ideas about God the Father, about Jesus, about the Holy Spirit and about how much attention we pay to each of them throughout the day we must view the times we failed to include or recognize Him as steps to an increasing awareness of His presence.
The great thing about Failure is that it happened? It may or may not happen again. The place where we have a willingness to risk failure is the place where faith increases. The place where we are willing to step forward in the midst of doubt is the place He is made strong.
Even Honda seems to recognize the value of 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. – 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NET
Seatbelt Communication
Jeff Meyer of The Church passed this video on to Will Mancini, who blogged about it and then tweeted about his blog.
That’s how I came across it. It’s amazing how connected The Church is becoming. It makes me think Jesus will make a visit in my lifetime.
That may be the most compelling video on wearing a seat belt I’ve ever seen, other than the accident scene in Seven Pounds, which also doubles as a deterrent to texting, emailing, tweeting, etc. while behind the wheel.
For all of my creative friends out there see what Will had to say about grabbing attention.
In Church Unique, I cover the integration principle, “Grab attention or hold nothing.” According to studies as reported in the book, The Attention Economy, there are four primary factors for getting attention. I immediate thought of these four things as I watched this video.
Four Keys to Really Get Attention
1. Is the communication personalized?
2. Is the communication coming from a trustworthy source?
3. Is the communication brief?
4. Is the communication emotional?In the case of this video, it is not necessarily personalized, but it does feel very personal. The trustworthiness of the source is carried by the quality production and the “embrace life” message and logo. The brevity and emotion of the piece are stunning.
I agree.
If I could impact as strongly with the gospel in as short an amount of time shouldn’t I be willing to invest in the effort and time to produce such a message? Or does the ego just get in the way?