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...
Last night the topic for our Fusion service at Celebration was Toxic Health and what the Bible says about it. (Yes, God does give us clear direction in His Word to be good stewards of our bodies.) After I taught on the subject we divided into groups to discuss/pray about it. I usually visit a different fusion group every week. The group I visited this week never disappoints - they have fantastic discussion and lots of fun.
One lady shared with the group that she has insomnia and her health is really affected by it. She doesn't know what to do about it. A man in the group says, "I'll tell you how to solve it! You need to spoon with your husband!"
"What's that?" she said.
And with a surprised reaction he said, "spooning? You don't know what spooning is?"
[insert lots of laughter here from the fusion group]
And she shyly says, "No, I don't know what it is..."
So he says, "Here I'll show you..." and says to his wife of like 35 years, "Honey, come over here and let's show her..."
And right there in the circle the two of them get in "position" to show this other lady what spooning is.
HYSTERICAL!
I laughed so hard I cried.
And I laughed some more.
I didn't even try to hide my amusement with this, I thought it was the funniest thing ever.
And then the group leader says, "this discussion is getting out of control so let's close in prayer.
And then the person she picked to close in prayer begins his prayer by saying, "Father God, help us to get a grip..." and the group further dissolves into a pile of laughter. He didn't mean the prayer in a funny way but it just came out that way.
Needless to say by the time I left the fusion group my stomach was hurting from laughing so hard and actually it felt great! I love times with God's people where you never know what to expect. I love the times of laughing til' we cry together.
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