Today I am going to finish up my first theme. I’m calling these posts “Lessons from the Farm”. You can read the first post here, or click the Lessons from the Farm Category to the left.
If you haven’t read the first part of this post, click here. Okay, that’s all the links for now.
Our leadership principle for today: never leave cattle on the truck. There will be tasks and opportunities that cannot be left until they are completed.
A worthwhile harvest never happens if you do not plant with urgency.
Cattle out on the highway cannot wait until the morning.
A student in the emergency room at 2am needs attention.
And sometimes, driving home through a blizzard to safely deliver the herd cannot be stopped because it’s “quitting time”.
Every day in my ministry, I face different tasks, responsibilities, and opportunities. Each one presents a different challenge and a different dynamic, and my job is to find which ones cannot wait until tomorrow, and do them.
Sometimes the line is clear. Sometimes it is not. But I have made the commitment to always be willing to do the work that is necessary.
Because I will never leave cattle on the truck.
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