Sally’s Friend
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AN OBSERVATION ON LEADERSHIP
There is something that we do- when we lead-
When we ask someone to do something or when we assign a task to someone
-then we should leave the task there- with him or her.
It may not be as nice as we would have liked it- or done it- but in letting them have all the room that they need- in trusting them with the task- you empower them and give them strength with that trust.
When we allow our personal…
How do I say?
Expectations
To rule over all else-
Compassion
Mercy
Sound judgement
And
Especially the Feelings
Of the persons in our charge
Then we crush them
Little bit by little bit
And in the end they will trust us little
And worse themselves less.
I am not saying to leave everything up to everyone and enjoy an ignorant bliss- do not misunderstand-
Keep an eye open- make sure that the task gets done-
Be responsible-yes-
But as we lead
Let us ask ourselves this-
What is it that really matters-
The task or the persons we have been entrusted with to lead?
(Thanks Mel for reminding me- I love you!)
doubt and hope
When it gets hard, every time it gets hard here (the job) I start to question myself.
I wonder if I could have made a bad decision in my job selection.
I wonder if I can possibly handle the things that are coming,
the challenges of the next new tasks that are sure to be given me.
Every time.
It feels like not enough skin pulled over swollen body, it is tight, uncomfortable and painful.
Or like my favorite Hobbit said, “like butter spread over too much bread.”
Then I remember what Jesus did for me.
I remember what I was before.
Broken.
Used…
…None of that in a good way.
Not like now.
Broken in a humble way,
Used by a mighty, Holy hand.
I know what some might say to this- but it is not guilt that makes me
thankful to be here as I am feeling stretched.
It is not guilt that makes me take breath deep into lungs and
‘get back to work’.
It is thankfulness that makes me feel…well…
thankful…grateful and able to keep on with it.
So loved.
Please do not get me wrong~I am not a suffering martyr.
I do not feel like this nor would I believe it if I did -feel it-
I am a disciple of Christ.
And shall not feel bad for myself.
Everywhere and for every person life gets tough.
The difference for me now is thus;
The ground I stand upon is steady.
There is no sinking going on here.
No hopeless fall.
And as there can be -a fall-
it is forever and always onto safe land-
land that does not move or shake or tremble.
This place is Jesus- it is Love.
I can rejoice in this Love.
I can bask in Holy shadow and know that Love as Safety Sure.
All is well, in the light of that- all will always be well- even when it is -not well- i mean.
I love Him.
And you.
Peace~
me
what we do do
SEE CORRECTION ABOUT LOVE ACTUALLY ON JAN 24th
IT IS A DIFFERENT MOVIE IN ASIA_ APPARENTLY MUCH IS EDITED OUT!
There is the faintest smell of chestnuts in the air…
No! Really they are being roaster all over the place here!
Christmas is coming soon, We are all busy with various projects preparing for arrivals and a thousand other things…
I wonder how you all are there…? Are things a little crazy there as well? Are the Christmas shoppers cheerful or grumpy? It is not close enough to the day for grumpy shoppers here, but maybe latter…
I miss you and pray that you are all well.
We saw two movies on Saturday. I saw ‘Goodbye Lenin’ at the International la la Building (la la means I forget the name or the words carry the same nothing value as ‘blah blah’; in this case I forgot the name)
The movie was funny but it is not for kids as there is a moment when a naked guy drops blinds and to the shock of the audience turns around. Not to mention that it is all in German with English Subtitles.
Then I took a long train ride to another area and walked around like a maniac trying to find solitude or a hiding place. Then others came in the evening and we saw ‘Love Actually’ funny like crazy if you like British humor and again not suitable for kids…Billy Bob Thorton plays the president so you can imagine how ‘gross’ his character is (no offence to Billy). But we all laughed throughout the entire movie.
If you wonder what a bunch of m people in Asia are watching please don’t worry we are all still very much saved. Much of the words don’t mean the same thing and there is always some deeper meaning behind the lonely and or insane ranting of any human being. Anyway that is an altogether different subject I suppose isn’t it?
It was an altogether lovely time and so nice to hang out with friends…soon it will be all busy and I will not be able to ‘hang out’ but it will be fun and I will be sure to keep you all posted. Missing you,
Cheers-
Me
i am a snob
C.S Lewis from ‘A Grief Observed’ pg 49
“For we did learn and achieve something. There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marraige reconciles them. It is arrogence in us to call frankness, fairness and chivalry ‘masculine’ when we see them in a woman; it is arrogance in them to describe a man’s sensitiveness or tact or tenderness as ‘feminine’. But also what poor,warped fragments of humanity most mere men and mere women must be to make the implications of that arrogance plausable. Marriage heals this.
Jointly the two become fully human. ‘In the image of God created He them’. Thus, by a paradox, this carnival of sexuality leads us out beyond our sexes.”
