Getting It Done Intentionally! Part 2
Earlier, I shared about how to set up your values which will drive your goals. Once values are laid out then you set up goals that will make those things happen. Using the examples the previous post – your husband might be like a friend’s husband and want his dinner on the table when he comes home from work so your goal is to have a home cooked meal prepared by 6 pm. Being cheerful – memorize an appropriate Scripture each week; always speak kind words to cashiers; etc. Being fit – lose 10 pounds; walk 4 times a week; etc.
Then you take your goals and drill them down into daily activities. Again using the above goals – go grocery shopping on Thursday; plan your weekly meals on Wednesday; be home at 4 o’clock each day; etc.
By having the plan based on values, the mundane and monotonous things we do in life suddenly have value. There is a sense of urgency about what we are doing.
I would suggest that you take just one value – Christ-follower; husband; father; wife; mother; volunteer; etc. – and work on that one for a month or two than add another value, goal and daily tasks.
How do you know which one to start with? Ask yourself where you have the most “pain” – emotionally, mentally, spiritually or physically. Since I minister mostly to woman I can tell you that 99 times out of a 100 married women need to start with being a wife. As long as being a Christ follower is pretty solid the next step will be there. Even if you have an over the top marriage, there are always things you can do to make it better. Do that then move on to the next step.
For me the biggest challenge is to work the plan after I have planned the work. This is a great verse to motivate you on the path…
And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. 2 Corinthians 8:10-12 (English Standard Version)
May we all finish well in the end by finishing well each day!
This is GOOD stuff! When you helped me realize that my family was my number 1 ministry it was life-changing! Now meal planning, house cleaning, skating with my kids, etc. is worthy of an appointment on my calendar and I am no longer torn as to where my attentions should lie. I’d encourage EVERYONE to follow through with outlining your life’s core values and then the tasks that will make them a reality… Thanks for the great teaching!
Thanks for your kind words, Karrie! You are a dear. Blessings to your family.
Beck!
I will never forget one of our conversations when you were here staying with us and you and I were out in the back yard, I asked you how you had such a wonderful relationship with the Lord and knew so much! I remember you telling me, “Robin, your ministry is your family that God has provided you. My Lord is my husband (Isaiah 54:5) and no one can compare to him! You can’t spend as much time as I can with the Lord because of your obligations”. Beck, you know your husband so well and have such a gift in teaching us how to utilize the word into our daily lives. You have helped me to understand that my family was and is my ministry!!
I could sit an listen to you for hours. You have such a gift of knowledge and wisdom. It has stuck with me, and believe me I have heard a lot of stuff, been to a lot of WOF concerts, but some how that season God placed you in my life I retained a lot of his teachings thru you. I do hope you know how special you are my dear friend even though our time was short lived of me gleaming from you. God made a tremendous impact through you. I use that season of my life often when I share with others. Also, I am getting a chance to hear His voice again through you! Thanks for the blog and keep them coming! Hope you know how special you are to Him and how proud He must be of your sacrifice and your daily live according to His teachings…even the little things…I remember so plainly….like picking up trash at a park when you think no one else is looking, and when I question why you are picking up the trash you say “you have an issue with pride” and so you humble yourself to pick up the trash! What a witness you have been! Just wanted you to know, I still remember!
Love in Christ Jesus my dear Friend and sister!
Robin
Robin, you are such a dear!!! Thank you for your kind words and I am grateful for what the Lord has done in your life. I will be at Amelia Island the 3rd – 10th of July. Maybe we can connect?!?!? It would be great to see you. Much love to you, my friend! Becky