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… great prayer found by Silly Belf.

Dear Lord, please help me -

In short, Lord, please help me be a better boss!

– John Luther

Hey fellas – it has come time to revamp and re-purpose our morning gathering at McDs. Looking back 5 years when McIlrath and Gebhardt began this little exercise in the wee hours, I find it amazing that it’s still humming along and so many great men have been involved.

I’m writing to whom I believe to be the current core of this group. Numbers have been dwindling and occasionally, a soldier has been left alone at breakfast. How can we redirect and ensure this doesn’t happen? What does that look like (to quote McDave)?

I’d like you to read through my ideas and come on Thursday with your own. Here’s my vision:

The purpose:

• Remain unscripted but with a purpose on our minds, speech and hearts.
• Finish the play on recoil (for those that missed the mens retreat, we can explain.)
• Start at home.
• We can’t decide for our wives to see our point of view but we can decide to see their view.
• Accept that we’re the stronger vessel – meaning we’re built to handle most of the load.

The execution:

• Learn to say ‘no’ so you’re not over committed elsewhere.
• Saturate yourself in scripture.
• Correct personal problems.
• Take notes on how to love your wife based on her feedback.
• 752.

The check-up (Thursday mornings):

• Let’s give each other a chance to succeed by sharing one example of our trials from working through the execution.
• Come prepared to talk about that one thing.
• Pray for our lost friends aloud – write them down on paper, pray and retro each week as God works through us.
• Bring a friend – lost, saved or on their way.

Who’s going to be there to kick us off? I commit to you that I will be there.

Forward this to any dude you like …

All the best, jerry

A poignant reflection from http://robs-random.blogspot.com/ … thanks Rob!

“It’s crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we’ve heard so that we don’t drift off.” (Hebrews 2:1, MSG)

I love my kids, but they have the attention span of a gnat, and the short term memory of a fruit fly. Maybe I’m the only parent who deals with this, but I just gravels me to be talking to my kids and about 30 seconds in, I start to lose them. First, they break eye contact. Next, the eyes wander to anything other than me. Finally, the eyes lock onto something, glaze over, and they’re gone. I don’t know how many times I’ve had to say “Look at me” when I’m talking to them.

They also seem to not be able to find anything without my help. Here’s a typical exchange:

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As I read the verse above this morning, I realized that sometimes I’m the same way with God. Often, He puts things right in front of me, but I’m so preoccupied with other things, I can’t see them. I need to “keep a firm grip” on what He’s taught me so I don’t lose my focus on following Him and “drift off”.

I guess next time, I’ll be a little more patient with the kids.

<End contribution from Rob>

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