From the Mind of MandoRon

My wife recently bought me a Stephen Covey “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” daily calendar.  While it’s not quite as cool as last year’s Fender Custom Shop calendar, it does have some great nuggets of wisdom.

Tuesday, in particular, caught my attention:

“Our level of development is fairly obvious with tennis or piano playing, where it is impossible to pretend.  But it is not so obvious in the areas of character and emotional development.”

Profound!

As I have been interviewing people for several positions at work, it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot.  It’s so hard to ascertain character in a 60-minute interview.  You never know when someone is faking it…

A 60-day probationary period sure would be nice sometimes.  Although, we’d probably end up using it as a crutch and not be discerning enough before hiring…

For the last 2 weeks, I’ve been reading the Life Application Study Bible Devotion on YouVersion.com.  Yesterday’s devotion (referring to Exodus 17:2) really hit home:

“The people complained about their problems instead of praying. Some problems can be solved by careful thought or by rearranging our priorities. Some can be solved by discussion and good counsel. But some problems can be solved only by prayer. We should make a determined effort to pray when we feel like complaining because complaining only raises our level of stress. Prayer quiets our thoughts and emotions, and prepares us to listen.”

I don’t know about you, but I seem to default to solving my problems through careful thought and discussion (read as complaining…).

I found out 2 weeks ago that my cheese is being moved.  I learned that there are some changes coming with my new job.  (Change is a great thing; except when it happens to you…)  My job doesn’t appear to be jeopardy, but I’m not exactly sure what my role is going to be either.

So I’ve been trying to think through all the possible outcomes, and the pros and cons of those outcomes.  But here’s the deal, it probably won’t do me a lick of good.  In fact, it will probably just stress me out.

Yesterday’s reading was a good reminder for me to put my trust in the Lord and let Him take care of things.  After all, I’m just along for the ride.