The Confessing Lunatic

I confess...yesterday I was feeling bit overwhelmed. Work, as I've mentioned before, has been frantically busy. Yesterday was no different. I got an email from our new administrative assistant that had a scripture verse in very small type at the bottom of it. The verse was just what I needed to read at that moment so I thought I would share it with you - plus the verse before it. I've printed it and it's now just under my monitor. Today when decisions needed to be made and I couldn't focus, I read through the verses. "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews 12:2-3 So, feeling a bit overwhelmed? Fix your eyes on Jesus. He's been through it all and then some.

Physician George Adams found encouragement to be so vital to a person’s existence that he called it “oxygen to the soul.” Developing the Leaders Around You, p 187 by John Maxwell I’ve recently been promoted to a supervisory position. It’s not a job that was advertised or for which I interviewed, which IS rather surprising I know since I've interviewed for SO many in the last year, unsuccessfully I might add . And now I am, just like that. One day I wasn’t a supervisor and the next day I was. I thought I would be completely happy but it was kind of anti-climatic but that really is a post for another day. I have a lot of management experience (as the mother of four children) and some Team Leader experience (for a multi-District team that I see only every other month for a couple of days) but little practical experience with the team that I'm now supposed to supervise. So when Jim and I were enjoying our most recent trip to Sam's Club without the children, I search...