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Lessons from the Wii
Played Wii with my kids last night.
1. The SLIGHTEST adjustment to a flick from my wrist lead to a win in golf. What slight tweak do you need to make to create an advantage?
2. As the wins/losses went, so went the attitudes. If failure is fatal, pack up and quit. Everybody experiences loss – it’s how we react that’s key.
3. My shoulder got sore playing baseball. Practice/reps build muscles and endurance. Don’t quit right away because there’s slight discomfort.
4. A little device with batteries brings laughs and fun. Stop and smell the roses. My kids are only 3 and 5 for a short while. Invest in what lasts……
Look both ways
This morning I did a speed work set on my bike with a group of folks. As I rode my bike home through my residential neighborhood, I noticed a driver approach an intersection, begin to roll through it, glance to his right and then pull out. He stopped his car 6 inches shy of hitting my bike (with my feet clipped into the pedals). This brush with an individual who had forgotten the basic rules of driving (10 and 2, look both ways, don’t hit people), reminded me that sometimes we forget to “look both ways” before plenty of things.
1. “Look both ways” before you speak. Proverbs says even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent. The flip side – even a wise man is thought a fool if he forgets to look both ways before he speaks.
2. “Look both ways” before you act. How many heart aches could have been avoided this way?
3. “Look both ways” before you hit people while driving your car.
What do you think? To what else should we apply this idea of “look both ways?”
The crowd
Acts 14 tells the story of Paul and Barnabas in Greece and their different experiences with the “crowd.” In the first portion of the chapter, the crowd are so enthralled by the works of God that they see Paul and Barnabas performing that they begin to worship them as gods. Suddenly, two verses later, the crowd is convinced by unbelievers to stone Paul and drag his seemingly lifeless body from the city!! This got me thinking about the “crowd.”
The crowd is fickle and can be easily swayed. The crowd’s actions are dictated by the most vocal and quickest moving members. The crowd, as a result, will tend towards extremes and then ebb back to mediocrity. Does this sound like the group to which I/You want to tie my/your future? Certainly not.
Let’s be brave enough to be different. Not weird, just different. Brave enough to speak up, brave enough to live differently, and brave enough to be ok with who God made us.
Francis Chan at Catalyst
In my trolling of inspiring videos to incorporate in Manna Church’s monthly All-Staff meetings, I came across this gem from Francis Chan. Enjoy
