challenges or opportunities

i'm not sure where i saw this shirt the first time, but i think it was in a target. for some reason i thought i'd go back and get it before i left the store.

i'm pretty sure i could become the president of the local union of procrastinators... if we ever actually got together. last i heard, we're going to try and get together next year.

if statistics are accurate, you're probably just like me in that you want to become the leader that God has designed you to be - but we keep putting off developing that characteristic, that drive, that habit, that ability to nail down what comes next.

process development has been something that i've wanted to be better at. you know what i'm talking about, right? it's where you evaluate yourself or a group of people to see where you are at and then (after much prayer) determine where God wants you to be. but what are the steps to make that happen?

here's what i have learned: it's the challenges and opportunities that God places in my life that gives me the chance to develop the leadership skill of creating a process. right now i have a huge challenge in front of me (for real!). so which "chad" is going to show up? the procrastinator or the "chad" that really wants to be the leader that God wants me to be?

imagine how joshua must have felt after moses his mentor died (Joshua 1) and God said to him "I want YOU to go in and clear out the land." i'm sure there must have been a lot of doubts, questions, "let's wait until tomorrow" moments. but after all those thoughts, joshua tells his leaders "let's go!"

maybe i'll go get that shirt today.