Get It Over With

I figured the quicker I get the first post out of the way the easier it would be for me to get the rest of them out of the way.

I’m going to Five Guys by myself today just because I feel like I deserve it. I definitely don’t feel like I can afford in necessarily but I’m going to treat my self anyway.

These rehearsals have been hard on me in many ways. Spending so much time preparing for All Shook Has left me with very little time to spend doing things I need to do outside of this musical. It’s also taken away from my being able to spend time with those who mean the most to me. I’ve never been great at time management… ok; I’ve always been horrible at it. But now I’ve just got to do something about the use of my time or I will fall behind in everything:

Fund Development/Campus ministry

Taking College Classes

Saving Up For “the real world”

Communicating with loved ones

Keeping up with church ministry

(in no particular order)

These are top priorities right now and I can’t allow myself to fall behind in any of them. There’s just so much to do and I value sleep too much to be that guy who doesn’t take the time to get adequate sleep. So what’s the answer? Cut everything that won’t advance any of these. Everything is permissible, but not beneficial. Whatever is beneficial I need to focus of these things and give them the time they deserve. Everything else is expendable. That may sound harsh, but I think that if we really decide to focus more on what will advance the call of God on our lives we would be so much more fulfilled. We think being well rounded means you have to be able to do it all. But I think being well rounded means being well rounded in those areas that you’ve always been gifted in to some degree. God puts us in communities for a reason. And the American way of do it yourself has individualized us and made us very independent. God desires and wires us to be dependent on one another that we would not idolize ourselves and our abilities. We need to find our place in community and start rocking the heck out of whatever it is we do best. I think I’ll start seeing the change I want in my life once I do that.

What about you? What do you want to see change? How could you help a community of people called to the same change? What’s your “place”?