Sunday, November 15, 2015

Who's Responsible For This Man's Blindness?

Morning Meds 4.19
Seems like such a ridiculous question nowadays, but in Bible times that's how they believed. In John 9 we see the story of a man born blind that Jesus healed. And instead of rejoicing in the victorious healing, the religious leaders were relentless in their search for answers. How could this happen?
 
Aren't you glad we're not judgmental like that anymore? Unless of course, it's financial trouble, or a divorce, or even all the black men in prison. Then it's best to find out who's to blame here....right?
 
Or did we just step right back into the Pharisaical mess we're so quick to laugh at. But for my life, I love the answer of our Savior, “These things happened to show forth the goodness of God.” John 9:3. It's time to be unashamed, to stand up for injustice and to allow the mercy of God to shine forth in our lives!

Felicity

Monday, November 9, 2015

Zero Procrastination

Morning Meds 4.18

Zero Procrastination



It might be the green hair….
but it appears I’ve come up with yet another radical theory...what if procrastination isn’t real? What if it’s just another story we’ve told ourselves?

I started coming to this because one of my pastors was saying that in order to keep her mind uncluttered she doesn’t think about a project until some other projects due before it are finished, and sometimes that only leaves her hours or a day to complete certain things. Sure an idea or two may come to her in the meantime which she’ll jot down, but she won’t answer questions about the event or give any thought to it until she’s taken other things off of her plate.

I began to put this into practice and one of the things I began to realize is how little time it takes to really do most things when you don’t add worrying about it on top of it.  Of course, zero worrying is a revolutionary concept all in itself, perhaps next time, but I realized this is why things get done no matter how late we wait to start on them.

And heck, the Bible does not talk about procrastination, which already makes it suspect. It speaks of laziness, which I would define as habits that don’t help you. Because when you need rest, sitting on the couch doing nothing is incredibly productive, but when you don’t...not so much.

So what if you completed everything when it should be completed, what if you never had to worry about not finishing something on time, that no matter how late you start there’s plenty of time to do it, and catch up on your rest later?
What if that’s already happening and you can just now open your eyes to it?

Felicity

                            

Generational IQ (Part 1)

Morning Meds 4.17

Generational IQ (Part 1)



I hate when people say of books, "Everyone should read this book." So I won't say that! I'll say if you only interact with people in your generation, you do NOT need to read this book. But if you do, like most of us, because there are simply more generations alive today, you need this book! (Couldn't be avoided...I said it.)
What I love about this book and hated about it--everything was fun and games until I got to the chapter about my Generation X. It made me wonder if I've ever had an original thought! I even identified right down to the place where most Gen Xers hate that name. We've always hoped for a better one. Then they tried to make it up to us saying the next generation would be Y ...but NO they got the cool name, Millennials...Eat my shorts! As Bart Simpson would say.
But simply put, this book will do what it is designed to do, help you understand other generational influences better as well as your own, in an entertaining way that somehow stays away from stereotypes.
The Gen X launch team wishes you a rad day!
Felicity

                            

 

Monday, November 2, 2015

This Is What First Looks Like

Morning Meds 4.16

 This Is What First Looks Like



Since I made a big deal a couple of weeks ago about my big honking goal from this weekend I thought I would do show and tell! I'm so excited about the people who came and supported this movement. And though they were quite surprised at me beginning with Gil-Scott Herron's song, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," I guess everyone forgave me because the harshest thing on the evaluation was, "you didn't let me know it would be THIS awesome!"

Good problem to have, as we advertised the second Mashup for April 15. May many people in direct sales attend and help us change the face of the industry.
Felicity