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What To Do First to Make a Profit

The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat  ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're  not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director.  Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year.  God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
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I got a tattoo


No, not a permanent one!

h*#^ has not frozen over, I assure you.

Those who have known me longer than about five minutes know that I'm not a tattoo kind of girl. But this was for a good cause, and won't last long.

The other night at the "Improv Night" sponsored by the youth group (to raise money for their participation in national fine arts) they were offering henna tattoos as part of the fundraising of the evening. As soon as I walked in the door a few youth began pleading with me to take the plunge and do it. Since it was for such a worthy cause, I acquiesced. I ended up selecting this little flower design and asked them to put, " D & L" on it. I am not sure how long it's going to last but so far it's been four days. I understand it could last weeks or more.

Yes, I know I need to shave my legs...again. :) It was almost midnight when I took this picture and I haven't done them since this morning. I'm one of those unlucky gals that has to shave every day. [sigh]

I'm against the idea of permanent tattoos, by the way. And not for the reason you might think. It has nothing to do with the Bible or Christianity. Tomorrow, I'll blog about it and tell you why. In the meantime, anyone want to guess why I feel that way? If you are a young person I have given a lecture to about this...don't answer. :)

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Aaron said…
I am against tats because:
1. It's permanent
2. It defames God's creation.
3. It's permanent!
4. How many guys have their girlfriend's name on their body and no longer have her as a girlfriend? How does the new girlfriend like seeing that? Bad decision!!!
Is your reason close to this?
6:00 AM
Anonymous said…
Is it because there's nothing on earth that is worth the pain of getting a tattoo and dealing with needles that you would want permanently embedded in your skin so you can watch it fade and sag when you become an old lady?

Maybe that's just me...
9:22 AM
DaNella Auten said…
I'm alergic to pain... I couldn't do it.. Also, I don't want what starts out as a rose on my breast and ends up a long stem rose...
I want a henna tat one day... or one of those simi perminant at a theme park, but NO NEEDLES!
9:45 AM
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