Welcome to the July 14th edition of Faith & Life Lessons.
You will see this email full of tidbits from my week. My goal is simple. I hope that from how I live my life, you can find a thing or two that helps you as you try to live a life that matters. I am always trying to do one thing - make Christ-focused decisions in love, work, and life. And this was my week.
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The Story of My Week.
A couple of things happened during the week that affirmed the value of desert years.
The desert years represent the season of life when you are removed from public visibility.
Dr Alicia Britt Chole calls them “Anonymous Years”
During the week, I facilitated a training session for new managers.
The way I taught and brought value came from my desert years.
Later on, one of the big targets I had for the year, I got someone who was able to work with me on it.
The way the person is doing it, he is taking off a lot of stress from me.
I only got this person because I stayed in my desert season.
My anonymous times.
To be anonymous is not to be inactive - sometimes stillness is the sign of action.
Stillness and quietness.
Waiting for God to bless what I have planted.
Waiting for the rain to bring the harvest.
It’s a beautiful life.
The Desert & The Rain.
Things I Learnt
1 - Never Do Less Than the Best: I got to work with someone in another institution outside my company.
No, I wasn’t moonlighting. It was still part of my regular day job.
But the investment I made in our time together, I did it like I was working for his institution.
I don’t know the final outcome but I know the one outcome I am always looking out for.
The assurance that I put my best into everything I did.
He could see that I was batting for him to succeed.
I love doing that.
I want people always to know that I show up to give my best.
Even when it is first in their best interest.
I believe we live under a friendly heaven.
When others win, the win will eventually come to all of us.
2 - It’s a Small World: I met a new acquaintance during the week that showed me how small the world is.
A mutual friend introduced us. For some strange reason, after hearing his first name (that was the only thing the mutual friend mentioned) and position in the organisation, something clicked for me.
Later on, I asked the mutual friend if he could confirm the surname.
As it would turn out, he is the husband of a friend of mine. We had not met before.
When he got the recent appointment, I sent congratulatory messages to his wife.
To now imagine, I was now meeting him.
The mutual friend took me to his office and we connected on a new level now.
By the way, he has access to another influential person. But I have no interest in that.
It just shows how the world keeps shrinking as long as we keep investing in friendships and relationships.
Postscript
May you live with the freedom of heart to embrace new life relationships. Amen
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Tola - The Everyday Disciple
I help Christians like you who want to live intentional lives incorporate their faith into everyday life so they can make Christ focused decisions in all areas of life and truly live to make an impact and make God happy.
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