brenda's thoughts, watch out I'm Christian

Thursday,

Aside from going to work and being a mom, I've been trying to organize my spiritual life, set up some goals, make a plan.

I used to have an office with a couple of assistants in a large organization. Every morning I made a list of goals and after lunch I made another list of goals. The afternoon goals consisted of any morning goals that didn't get done, getting ready for the next day and those darling out-of-the-blue items. I also set goals for my assistants and any volunteers I had charge of for the day. In retrospect my assistants should have set their own goals. It would have been less work for me and given them a greater sense of self worth.

I also used to write curriculum. That was no picnic. Goals were set and reaching them in the most efficient manner was the real goal. A reached goal also had to be measured quantitatively and qualitatively so that we knew how much of the goal was met. It also helped me understand why goals were met or not met, like doing an experiment all the variables had to be covered.

I would like to be this organized in my spiritual life. I don't want to be flippant or shallow in my goal setting. I want to set a goal or goals that are

specific,

personal,

measurable

attainable.

I have a friend who set the goal of reading the Bible all the way through by a certain date. I have another friend who wants to be debt free by a certain date so that she can go on more mission trips. I'm not nearly so organized in my thoughts or desires but I'm working on it. Hey I just set a goal, now if only it were measurable or even attainable.