I am a shameless cadger of ideas, with the three primary ones being:
1. My pastor.
2. Gretchen Rubin.
3. The teaching leader at the Bible study I attend.
Today’s idea is from #3. And how I got to hear her say this is a story in itself. Remember my post about my three mottoes? One of them was “enlarge my coast,” a prayer that God would, in His will and timing, give me more opportunities to serve. So last week there was an announcement that a couple of group leaders were needed. ‘Wow,’ I thought, ‘I could do that.’ So I turned in my name. got a phone call, met with the teaching leader, and yesterday had the great privilege of going to the leadership meeting. Boy howdy, they don’t mess around! I got involved in a similar group back in Virginia but only lasted a year because of all the wasted time in meetings. Can’t say the same about these. Two hours and fifteen minutes of focused attention on the focus of attention, which is our study of the Gospel of John. No getting coffee and chit-chatting. No little “devotional.”
The statement of the day here was just a little throwaway line. So obvious, and yet so true. You can’t draw up something that isn’t in the well in the first place; you can’t give out what isn’t in your own heart. A great reminder!