The Main Tool for a Leader
Deuteronomy 17:18-20 (MSG): “The first thing he [a leader] must do is make himself a copy of this Revelation….to remain at his side at all times; he is to study it every day so taht he may learn what it means to fear his God, living in reverant obedience….He must not become proud and arrogant, changing the commands at a whim to suit himself or making up his own versions. If he reads and learns, he will have a long reign….”
A prayer for leaders: “My Father, this passage reminds me that Your Word is the first place and my daily place to go in order to know what to do, what is Your bidding. Sources of human strength cannot be consulted first. Hopefully, they (self, counselors, experience, etc.) only confirm Your decisions as You speak through them. Help me never stop learning from Your Word and Your daily words to me so that I have a truly successful and impacting leadership life ahead of me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
When It’s Pleasant to Go to the Hospital
“Marriage and family may provide the best hospital for our ancient wounds…”
”The cry of life is ‘I deserve to be loved unconditionally.’ “ –Sam Keene
2 interesting quotes. I’ve always heard that marriage/family characterized as a laboratory (for creating something beautiful for the future), and now as a hospital (recovering from wounds of the past while in loving company). Unfortunately, those settings oftentimes become war zones that cause wounds instead of hospitals. Marriages/families, if God-honoring, should be places of as close to unconditional loving as possible, realizing we will fail on occasion due to our humanness. I would encourage taking on an activity that I just did last month, that of writing a family mission statement and a marriage mission statement. These I will try to follow and to cheerlead in my home as guiding principles that get us close to unconditional love that God models for us.