Come On...Walk It Out!

This week we had our monthly employee of the month meeting at work and our Sr. VP was discussing a new fund raiser for Alzheimer’s called Walk for A Cure.  After his presentation, our HR manager got up and said that she thinks if we meet our goal of raising ten thousand dollars, our two VP’s should do the “Walk it out” dance. 

Now most of you who read my stuff will be wondering what in the world is the “Walk it Out” dance.  Well, there’s a group of rappers called UNK that perform a rap called, Walk It Out.  Basically it’s a beat with the words “walk it out” thrown in and a bunch of folks “jiving” around.  It’s a funny video you can watch on YouTube. 

During the meeting I have a responsibility to talk about a things concerning safety.  As I was approaching the podium to give my presentation, someone said out loud, “Tim, you should do the walk it out dance too”.  Laughing I said sure, only if someone shows me how, because I’d never heard of this “walk it out” dance.  So, the two VP’s pulled up the video on YouTube and showed it to me. 

All during the day as I would pass different one’s they would say, “Walk it out, Tim” and I would just laugh and keep walking.  

That’s what we’re supposed to do anyway…walk it out!  Philippians 3:13-14 says, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” 

I’m not worried about what’s behind me, because it’s in my past and doesn’t affect me…I’ve walked it out.   I’m really not worried about what I have in front of me, because when I have troubles to deal with, I’m going to walk it out.  If I have difficult task that I’ll have to face, I’m going to walk it out.  Pressing toward the mark of the high calling of God….walking it out! 

Now, about 80% of you reading this will go to YouTube and pull up the video.  Once you see it you’ll realize how silly the people look “Walking it out”.  Don’t let that bother you.  Looking silly is the least of our worries when it comes to walking through our problems.  I could care less how I look as long as I can make it through to the other side.  I’m sure Peter looked ridiculous as he stepped over the side of the boat and “walked it out” on the water.  I’m sure Daniel looked crazy “walking it out” in a den of lions, but he came through.  I’m sure Jonah felt a little crazy as he “walked it out” in the belly of a big fish.  I’m sure none of these folks worried about how they looked while walking toward the mark, they just kept walking. 

So the next time you face discouraging news just remember it’s your time to shine…Walk it out!  The next time you experience a storm just look at it as a time to dance…Walk it Out!  The next time the enemy throws a problem at you and you don’t know how you’re going to handle it…Walk it out!

As the rap goes, “walk, walk, walk, walk it out”.  You have a prize at the end of the path.

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If It Wasn't For The Lord...

There s a song we sing from time to time that asks a question, “If it wasn’t for the Lord, where would I be”.  Just in the last few days I’ve read and heard about people who are getting divorced, others having lost spouses due to sickness or have sick loved ones with disease and even some with financial troubles in their life.  As I think about all the issues people are having or have had, I stop and ask myself, what makes them any different from me?  The answer is…nothing.  However, if it wasn’t for the Lord.

As I think about the people who have gone through their problems and worries of life, again I stop and ask myself, how have they made it?  How did they make it through all the stress and issues that life sometimes brings?  Where did the strength come from?  What kept them going?  All of those questions can be answered with on little phrase…If it wasn’t for the Lord. 

I don’t know who’s going to read this, but to those that do I want you to know that God can.  God can do what, you ask?  It’s not an unfinished question or a cheesy statement.  It’s a definite proven fact…God can do anything.  You just have to put your trust in Him. 

God can…provide me with strength.  God can…help me financially.  God can…help my marriage.  God can…help me with my problems.  Whatever it is you're facing...God can.   If it wasn’t for His mercy, His forgiveness, His grace, His guidance, His strength, His direction, His still small voice whispering, “Keep going” there is no telling where we would be.  We’ve put our trust, our hope, our dreams and our lives into His hands and we know that whatever we have to face, He’ll see us through it. 

He may not have answered the first time we hollered out to Him in desperation, but somehow we knew He was there with us to help us face every storm we encountered.   God has never let us down, nor has he ever forsaken us.  If it wasn’t for the Lord, where would I be? 

Answer this question honestly.  If it wasn’t for the Lord….where would you be? 

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Questions Anyone?

Out of all the definitions of the word “develop” I think I like this one the best. It’s from the Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and it reads, “To move from the original position to one providing more opportunity for effective use”.

Over the last year I’ve looked at trying to become better at things so I could be of better use to others. I’ve read different studies and blogs by well known leaders and authors all in an attempt to become better. Why? First of all, I wanted to become better. I wanted to be a better teacher, a better leader and just an all around better person. Secondly, I wanted to help others in their endeavors to be better. I figured the only way to accomplish that was to better myself.

How do you become better? One way is to ask a lot of questions. Without questions you’ll never get answers. However, with answers come the potential for more questions. Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak, says, “If you can’t ask questions your people development skills are weak”. That’s true. If you can’t ask questions you won’t have the skills to help others.

What questions do you need to ask? What questions do you want to ask? Ask them! Because the answer you get may be the same answer someone else needs to help solve a dilemma they’re in.

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