Just do the next thing!

Today is my Sweetie's birthday!!! He and the girls have "school day" performances at the theatre and so he has spent the day doing 3 plays back to back. I have a pot roast in the crockpot along with red potatoes and carrots. iIwill add baked beans and a salad for dinner. and then tonight we plan to go to a local amusement park to see their advertised two miles of Christmas lights and then up at Sonic for a birthday chocolate shake. Fun, fun fun!!!

I got home from the gym about 2 hours ago and have been on the computer ever since just taking care of stuff. My counterpart at the other facility, Linda, was put into her position but without much training. Unlike me, she did not received the benfit of being trained as the coordinator and took on her position with out fully knowing all that was required. After today's meeting with her and our manager, she was feeling overwhelmed and behind. I went back through my aerobics files and was able to send her some more info she needed but also sent her a word of encouragement.

I was reminded of the Pastor's Wives conference that I attended when I got to hear Elisabeth Elliott speak. If you have never heard of Elisabeth Elliott, she has written several books one of which, Through Gates of Splendor, was about her life as amissionary wife in Ecuador. her husband, Jim Elliott, was one of the 5 missionaries that the movie, The End of the Spear, was based on. Anyway, this seasoned saint has gone through many trials and heart aches with the death of not only one husband but two. Now married for the third time, and for quite some time, she has traveled and been the key note speaker at many conferences.

This particular conference, for pastor's wives, was excellent and I was very excited about seeing and hearing Elisabeth. Her message that day was simple to these overworked and tired out pastor's wives, "Just do the next thing". Short, sweet, simple and yet packed full of wisdom gained through years of ministry and trials of life. Those words have echoed in my ears many times either by reminder of The Holy Spirit or the Holy Spirit through Mike.

I was able to share those words with Linda today. As she grasps all that her job requires as well as her Personal Training schedule and her roles as wife and mother, my prayer is that it will be exactly what she needs today. Maybe it's what you need today to. It's always what I need to hear.