Day 21
I begin today with two favorite scriptures.
"Without a vision, the people perish." Proverbs 29:18
The Lord answered and said to me, "Write down the vision; make it plain upon the tablets..." Habakkuk 2:2
As some of you are aware JPII is in the process of developing our next 4 year strategic plan. We hope to publish it this summer. Why do we do this? Look again at those two quotes. We want to know where we are going. We do not want to perish.
Some may say, well, we haven't always had a strategic plan and that is probably true. But I take god at his word. Without a vision, the people perish. And our plan will be written down as well. We will make it plain so that you can read it and hopefully say, "Yes! I want to be a part of this kind of parish!"
And what about your own life. Do you have a vision for you life? Do you have a plan? Is it written down? When I was a newly ordained priest I wrote a list of 20 things I wanted to do before I died. Some would call it a bucket list. I did it again after I had been ordained over 25 years. It amazed me how much my list had changed. It amazed me how much more spiritual my second list was compared to my first. I'll probably do a third list when I retire. I'm sure it will be even more Christ-centered as I continue to grow in my discipleship walk.
Take some time this week to write out you own vision, and then let God help you find the way to bring it to completeion.
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