Only seeing the tree while surrounded by the forest
Feb 20th, 2008 by Jon Posted in Life Stories | No Comments
A revelation hit me this morning when reading an email… with all my planning and organizing for the mission in 3 weeks, I have lost sight of what the big picture is. In a strange way, the leader (i.e. me) should keep their eye on the ball and the bigger picture, but with all the chaos in the past 2 weeks, I’ve lost myself.
It’s like walking through the forest. Knowing that I’m in the forest. But only seeing the tree that is in front of me.
In many ways I feel less prepared this year than I was last year. I’ve been so busy at preparing everyone else that I have yet to take the time to take care of myself.
There are under 3 weeks left, so there is still time for me to get my bearings. But right now it feels like I’m still chasing cars.
As I’m going through this process, I’m making mental notes to add to a report when I return. The burden of organizing and leading a mission should not be a task for a single person. The risk of burn-out and spiritual attack is too great, so a formal structure should be in place to support the leader to ensure a “successful” mission.
