The Importance of Value.
How many times in meeting with others have you walked away from the conversation thinking you had a good idea of what needed to be done or not be done, only to find out how incredibly wrong you were?
In ministry I think we forget that other people have a different view of what is important or valuable to them and their ministry. I’ve had numerous occasions where in a meeting, something was briefly brought up that would have fallen into my area of ministry but it was stated like a suggestion. So like many suggestions do for most of us, it gets filed. What I didn’t know is that suggestion was actually more of a mandate. I was not understanding what that person was valuing for ministry at that moment. Because I didn’t see it as valuable or important I didn’t act on it directly.
This isn’t something that is easy to do, but our focus needs to shift just a little bit in order to be a little more sensitive to, not only our valuable items but things others see important as well.
If we’re going to communicate more effectively we need to learn to listen more effectively too.
oh and if you’re waiting on more creative stuff from me I’ve got my magazines full and I’m ready to shoot I’ve just got to find time to unload it all on here! my guess is after camp you’re going to see quite a few blog posts on some recent creative endeavors.
