On Wednesday,
01/29/2020, I posted a status update on Facebook discussing looking for a job.
Yes, for right now I
do need to find a job.
One of my dreams is
a business called Independable.
When running any
business a certain amount of self-discipline is needed.
When you work for
someone else, they determine your start time, your wage, your hours, your
responsibilities...in affect, the employer is the disciplinarian...that is if
you want to work for them.
Yes, working for
someone else requires the self-discipline to follow that employers rules.
That much
self-discipline I have.
To run a business
and have success, I know you need to have more self-discipline.
An important part of
having self-discipline, from what I've learned,
is the ability to set self aside.
Father shows us that
through the example of his son, my big brother.
He took care of
himself and his business.
Christ Jesus'
business was reflecting Father and what Father would do for us if we should
choose to follow his, Christ Jesus', example and become a part of
something much bigger than ourselves.
I made that choice.
Since making that
choice, I have learned many of the parts that will help me to better
reflect my big brother and my Father.
The one part of
self-discipline that is still missing is to be able to pull the pieces together
and follow through on them with consistency, day in and day out as Christ Jesus
did.
I know the pieces
are all there and will fall into place when I learn this last lesson.
That last lesson is
how to put a full day together with balance.
Like any skill, you
have to build up your knowledge.
I'll give you an
example.
I'm going to use my
daughter, Kelsey, for this example.
Kelsey gets stuck,
frustrated, just doesn't get what she's learning and feels that she should know
it when things don't come quickly.
When this happens I
have reminded her of skills that took a long time to build. Like the ability to read. You don't just open a book and know what all
those words are and what they mean. You
learn to speak, you learn the alphabet, then the letter sounds, how to put them
together, how to read a word, what the words mean, how the words are spelled,
sentence structure, etc…
Then I will explain
that these things don't happen overnight...they happen over years, a build up
of your skills and continually adding to those skills….school.
To learn any one
part it takes repetition to build the thinking and memory to become competent
in that portion of the skill to be built.
Hmmm! This sounds a lot like what I need to
remember too. To give myself a license
to learn or a learners permit.
That's where I'm at
right now….the pieces of the puzzle are all there...it's just this last piece.
This last piece to
be specific, is having a daily plan and following it.
Father has given me
a daily plan.
It's the following
that's the hard part.
I let myself be
distracted, influenced and otherwise led astray.
That is not the
fault of others or things...that is immaturity, lack of discernment and not
going to Father on my part.
I am starting to
gain a mastering of this skill.
In measuring my life
span, it's taken almost fourteen years or a long time, to learn the other
lessons that build up to gaining the ability to do so.
That has been my
time in the wilderness and conquering my worldliness.
It's not been
easy. It's been made easier knowing I
have Father to guide me.
That's what makes
all that I have been through worth going through.
Father's abundant
love, grace and mercy.
For that I am truly
grateful and on a daily basis affirm my continued commitment to Father and my
journey to completion in him.
I will find the job
that Father wants me to have and Independable will grow.
Father will never
mislead you or me. We call all learn,
grow and mature in the hands of the perfect parent. God wants and yearns to have a parent-child
relationship with all of us. It is our
choice.
Ask him for
yourself.
I love you all. :-)
XOXOXO
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