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Martin Luther King once said, "If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. But by all means keep moving."

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." -- Corrie Ten Boom

How do you clarify your vision for life, church, or business?  Here is a good tool from Daniel Harkavy: 1. To what will my team mem­bers BELONG? 2. If they invest their time and effort in this orga­ni­za­tion, who will they BECOME? 3. Together, what are we going to BUILD?

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, I gallivanted around in a short-sleeve shirt.  Today we're in the midst of a snow blizzard.  Such is life when you live in Denver. Life is filled with quick turnarounds.  One moment business is good and on the upswing; the next it's hard to get a client to return a call.  Husbands and wives know how quickly a conversation can turnaround.  Say the wrong word and you've stepped on a landmine.  The next thirty minutes (or three days) have just been turned around. On the positive side, it's just as easy to turnaround a negative situation.  When the wrong thoughts start creeping in, force them out.  Turn them around.  When a conversation is headed south, turn it north.  A word of encouragement turnaround not only a person's day but their life as well. Now if only the weather would turnaround again ...

Some of you may be familiar with Joni Eareckson Tada's story (if not, read more here).  She was paralyzed as the result of a diving accident in the late 1960's and has spent the years since building a Christian ministry to the disabled. She was once asked during a question and answer session about how she kept going despite her obvious physical challenges.  Her reply? "This is the only time in history when I get to fight for God.  This is the only part of my eternal story when I am actually in the battle.  Once I die, I'll be in celebration mode in a glorified body in a whole different set of circumstances.  But this is my limited window of opportunity, and I'm going to fight the good fight for all I'm worth." This is your time.  This is my time. What are we waiting for?