Here is another submission from one of our members, Jim “Gramps” Curtis.
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It Bugs Me No-End!
- so much so, I’ve more than once ‘taken my ball and went home’!
I believe I have a ‘fix it’ approach to life and my Choleric temperament pushes me to ‘get-er-done NOW!’ This would probably be enough to keep me out of the Procrastinator’s Pew; but the problem is more serious than that.
Somehow I keep running across problems to work on, but shortly learn there is no way to learn if my ‘first aid’ is doing the trick; I get no feedback to tell me any results to my efforts. Bummer. I’m a feedback kind of a guy. You know, all the Total Quality Management Peter Drucker stuff has been drilled in my head and it’s really bugging me. Throwing gasoline on my burning thoughts epitomizes me looking up and feeling surrounded by only spectators.
Disciplemen.com is making some interesting, rather subliminal changes in my attitudes about working with others. I wake up many mornings clearly aware that God wants me to do this or that and how He wants me to do it. (Thank you Holy Spirit) When I follow my instructions I get no heavenly ‘atta-boy’s or even ‘yes Gramps, I see you can follow instructions’. And later, I’m given more ‘instructions’ to be followed, in His service. Sometimes I sense a tiny bit of how Job must have felt in missing any divine confirmation of his actions and attitudes.
Simply put, I’m getting the idea I am to:
Keep focused on my assigned task and
Trust God to improve my aim.
Can I say it doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to cut a smooth circle with a band saw or team-building a group of men you know in the leading of the Lord you love?
Do you think our purpose is not to produce ‘managed quality results’ as much as it is to be consistent in our personal obedience to our Savior (as directed by His Word and Holy Spirit)?
Second question: Which speaks to the heart of men in my world the most; my feedback-chasing remedies or showing myself to be a faithful steward to the spirits of hurting, hunting men around me?
I’m learning what ‘works for me’.
What pleases the Lord in your life?
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It Bugs Me No End
Here is another submission from one of our members, Jim “Gramps” Curtis.
—————————
It Bugs Me No-End!
- so much so, I’ve more than once ‘taken my ball and went home’!
I believe I have a ‘fix it’ approach to life and my Choleric temperament pushes me to ‘get-er-done NOW!’ This would probably be enough to keep me out of the Procrastinator’s Pew; but the problem is more serious than that.
Somehow I keep running across problems to work on, but shortly learn there is no way to learn if my ‘first aid’ is doing the trick; I get no feedback to tell me any results to my efforts. Bummer. I’m a feedback kind of a guy. You know, all the Total Quality Management Peter Drucker stuff has been drilled in my head and it’s really bugging me. Throwing gasoline on my burning thoughts epitomizes me looking up and feeling surrounded by only spectators.
Disciplemen.com is making some interesting, rather subliminal changes in my attitudes about working with others. I wake up many mornings clearly aware that God wants me to do this or that and how He wants me to do it. (Thank you Holy Spirit) When I follow my instructions I get no heavenly ‘atta-boy’s or even ‘yes Gramps, I see you can follow instructions’. And later, I’m given more ‘instructions’ to be followed, in His service. Sometimes I sense a tiny bit of how Job must have felt in missing any divine confirmation of his actions and attitudes.
Simply put, I’m getting the idea I am to:
Can I say it doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to cut a smooth circle with a band saw or team-building a group of men you know in the leading of the Lord you love?
Do you think our purpose is not to produce ‘managed quality results’ as much as it is to be consistent in our personal obedience to our Savior (as directed by His Word and Holy Spirit)?
Second question: Which speaks to the heart of men in my world the most; my feedback-chasing remedies or showing myself to be a faithful steward to the spirits of hurting, hunting men around me?
I’m learning what ‘works for me’.
What pleases the Lord in your life?
This entry was posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm and is filed under General Comments. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.