Prayer Packed

This post is part of a series called

Mundane Mondays
To see how I started the series click HERE.

Last week I shared with you all the UNpacking process

This week I want to share with you my PACKING PROCESS.

I'm in charge of fulfilling curriculum orders that come in for both LeaderTreks and DNOWOnline.

PEOPLE 

serving STUDENTS 

with NEEDS visit those websites 

and pay money 

to receive all the curriculum 

that I share an office with every day.

First step to making this MUNDANE TASK part of my spiritual training is to never forget these facts:

1) I AM SENDING OUT LIFE CHANGING MATERIAL

2) REAL PEOPLE ARE ORDERING THIS CURRICULUM

3) GOD WANTS TO USE THIS LIFE CHANGING MATERIAL IN THESE REAL PEOPLES LIVES

Second is the realize the power of getting the material to people in a timely fashion and in great condition
It's called

GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE 

and sadly even the smallest things take people by surprise these days because of the lack of it in the business world - and I get to be one of the people to 

MAKE PEOPLE'S DAYS

 by the simple acts of quick and good packaging.

 Thirdly, I should

NEVER EVER EVER

forget the power of

PRAYER.

So I'm committing to pray by name for every church and person who orders curriculum. As I package it up, the most simple prayer is sent heaven-ward in faith that God will use it.

"Lord, May (insert youth pastor) use this curriculum with your will in mind. May the students of (insert church name) be impacted by the truth in this curriculum."

So out they go, EVERYDAY

our prayer packed packages!

What are you simple prayers have you been faithfully saying everyday?

Mundane Mondays

If you missed it, last week I talked about the Waiting Period I've found myself in this Fall.

But in all things, even as you wait - there are things to DO,

places to GO

people to SEE

tasks to COMPLETE...

YET, 

I've found most of my tasks to be pretty MUNDANE,

and yes, even sometimes (okay, it can be a lot of times)

BORING!

                                                (sorry LeaderTreks)

But I also know that it is the waiting periods  are TRAINING GROUNDS for battle.
So I've been purposefully infusing the mundane with specific training TACTICS.
And here, every Monday for the next several weeks I want to share some of those with you.

MUNDANE MONDAY #1
STOCKING SHELVES

Part of my duties at work include upkeep of our warehouse

(an office that not only has my desk, but SEVERAL bookshelves with all of our curriculum on it.)

 And part of upkeep means making sure there is plenty of curriculum filling the shelves
so when orders come in,
it's easy to
GRAB,
PACK,
& SHIP
the resources.

So to help break up the mundane...
I hang a verse on the shelf stocking
or place it in the box I'm unloading
and work on
MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE.

What mundane task do you have to do this week that you can make into battle training?

I Will Wait

For those of you who have been following my blog you might have picked up on the fact that I'm in a period of waiting in my life...

a transitional period...

a Mundane Mondays (and every other day) type of lifestyle.

A close college friend of mine teaches English to student in China... and I imagine her life to never have a dull moment (though she possibly might argue with me on that fact) She's currently teaching an American Culture class and they recently covered the American Civil Rights movement. After a great experiential example of what segregation and elitism felt like she had them write a letter to America with advice on segregation  She recently posted a few of their responses on her blog. Check them out HERE.

One statement caught my eye though:

" Finally, America is just a young country. You need more time to integrate and be equal."

America is just a young country... 
In the American mind set of "Give it to me now!" and "Faster, Faster, Faster" we think all our problems should blow away in the wind like chaff.

I feel like that right now...

That all my problems should blow away and answers should be immediately found. 

Forget the waiting in line I'd like the Fast Pass please!

But you know what -
I'm still YOUNG!

And there is plenty of waiting ahead of me in my life.

I just need time.

And God knows that.
Check out what his scripture says in Psalm 37
especially vs. 7

REST IN the Lord and WAIT patiently for him

that's a COMMAND my friends.
So I guess that's where I've got to be right now.

Resting in the Lord 

while sitting in the difficult balance of waiting and going

If you haven't already heard it, Mumford & Sons came out with a song that speaks directly to my heart.

Take a listen below and then check back on Monday for the start of my newest series.