If I could make a movie out of this week, it would be called Opening Pandora's Box versus Godzilla meets Cinderella.  All the characters were certainly in my life and fully acting out their parts.  Do you ever have those days?  Yeah, I know you do--we all do. But it is what we do with them that matters in the end.

Godzilla was truly an ugly character that was demanding his way, even when it wasn't the best for the team.  Cinderella--oh my, so many were up for the part including me.  You know Cinderella in the cinders cleaning, scraping, sweeping, doing the grunt work, still waiting for the Grand Gala.

The Bible says that the power of life and death are in the tongue, and that was Pandora's Box.  People were responding without thinking to some very critical choices we were in the middle of sorting out.  Frustrated because some things don't move as fast as they think they should, and frustrated that resources aren't as plentiful as desired and needed.  That's when Godzilla erupted by a member of the team.

Sitting down afterward with an associate you has been  my sounding board and armor bearer for almost 15-years patiently listened to me debrief my thoughts and own frustrations.  At the end of the debriefing, we both realized that people are just great individuals going through a process called learning to communicate.  In a previous column I spoke about the need for communication.


We had to communicate through phone lines to calm Godzilla down and demonstrate a Christ-like love and get them on our side so we could move forward.  They are great people, well worth each syllable of word after word.  In any team, we all take turns acting out the various parts of the play.  This week I got to be the director, feeling like Cinderella before the dance.

At the end of the day, we either build a family team, business team, church team, or neighborhood team--it still comes down to working through the words and emotions behind them.  So I have made a choice.  Let me share it with you.

Here is this week's Magnitude (expansion, greater, explosive)

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August 11th Love and Joy--Consider Your Ways

Most of us are reading and/or beginning the study of end-time prophecies, whether from a biblical perspective, Nostradamus, or other writings. 

Perry Stone's Manna-Fest Program on www.voe.org this week spoke about the presidential election years.  The feelings of confusion that seem to manifest as the election date draws near increases and then began to demonstrate historical lineage.  Well, it's good to get understanding in all things, and listened with great interest.  But my outcome is not one of concern because I know that with the right attitude and focus on Jesus, today is another Monday Magnitude!

So today, I choose to take the advice of God when he said, Consider your ways.

Today I choose to carefully consider my ways so that my future will be bright and with all good things.  I will carefully consider my ways knowing that He directs my path into the ways of righteousness that brings me blessings.

Today I choose to expand or make the magnitude of my thoughts towards good choices, to be part of today and each day into a purposeful and deliberate future.

Haggai 1:5 "Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; consider your ways.

YOU make a difference to me and others!

 THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Consider your ways, what character were you during the week and what was the best/worst about it? What have you considered changing?

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