Timing is everything but do we always pick up on that? Today started with listening to a HR Vice President at a very large company talk about her faith@work. She did a great job at truly making her daily faith real. One question asked at the event by a young college student really struck me today. "I am a strong Christian going into the business world today, where does my faith fit in with that world?" (he is so far ahead of his time) I truly believe our actions speak our faith and you can live that out in any field you choose to work in. I also believe the business world could use a lot of workers who have strong faiths to lead by example.

After that a meeting with a client - I have such a great job where I truly get to be creative and help others promote their businesses that they are so proud of. Then on to another meeting with a stratigic planner for our company. This is a hard one for someone who flys from the seat of their pants. I am a huge end result planner but not always thinking about the smaller details that it takes to achieve the goals. This meeting would give us an all encompassing plan for the company for the next 3-5 years. WOW - do we need that? Probably yes - sometimes being so structured scares me. This plan would cost quite a bit of money so it is easy to discount it. This we will have to pray and think on before we know what to do.
4th meeting of the day with a financial advisor for the company - his fix seemed quicker, easier and cheaper. So what does my comfort zone say? Go with him - my gut says go with the other or use both their services. Ahh - when did we grow up and have to make all the decisions? I need to just rely on God to give me the answers and trust them.

After that I had to teach confirmation - the questions these kids have truly amaze me! I don't think we ever finish a lesson but the topics are covered. The kids see how our faith weaves in to our daily lives and how today's problems aren't that different from the ones in the bible. All the answers are there if we look.
Again I learn from children about blind faith and trust. Keep your heart young! Time for bed

Well what a day! I woke up early to get a jump on the day but no one else did surprise. I chose to enjoy the time by myself, return emails and pray. I fianlly get everyone out of the house at 9:15am - drop off the little ones. When I get back in the car the phone rings and the two older ones have been fighting and someones head is bleeding. I head back home and the boss calls for a quick meeting with a very talented company at 10:30 accross town. OK I can do it. DId I mention I am co-hosting a surprise b-day party at noon back in Wayzata? and I stil need to pick up a gift and cake. I drive in silence the whole way to Bloomington to get a grip. I am going over my priorities in my head trying to make sure I am doing the right thing. I pray! The meeting is very interesting - oh I am out of gas. I fill up and head to the b-day party, no gift or cake. The party goes great! I leave the phone rings - child #1 needs a swimsuit for swiming tomorrow. Phone rings - cleaning lady never came to rental house renter is there. Phone rings office wondering if I am ok since it is now 2:45 and they haven't seen me. It kept going on till about 6:00 pm with two phones ringing at one time. Throughout the day I would get a good phone call and then a stressful phone call. I kept questioning in my head what are you trying to tell me God? I assumed he was saying slow down. I did enjoy most of my interuptions and many good things came out of the day. Sometimes I am a very good juggler and yesterday was one of those days but I always wonder at the end of the day which ball was dropped or neglected?

Well I finally figured it out. So far today my day of cleaning, taking down the tree and hearing continual bickering has been fairly normal. But as I reflect on my morning walk in the rain/sleet I am reminded of how we cruise through life and then when we hit an icy patch we slow down and be more observant of our surroundings. I need to be more observant of my surroundings and make sure I slow down and just enjoy the moment I am in and not looking toward the next thing. Sometimes it is fine to slide on the ice like a kid versus walking all tense like an adult and falling anyway. A child would slide on the ice, laugh and be in the moment having fun instead of complaining about the weather. Oh what we can learn from our children!