Three Steps For Each JIRA

After yesterday's JIRA review with Mark Guzzi and Balaji Sundar., I recognized that I have not taken JIRAs  seriously. I have an attitude problem, as I wrote on Wisdom For Today's note space.

Today's devotion is: Pray, Reason and Commit.

Why not applying these steps to the JIRAs?

In 4S Church Youth services, listening to Lynn Floto preaching.

• Romans 15:2: Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory.
• Romans 15:3: We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. The endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.

Two Insights

Today's devotion is "fault finders vs. healers".

I believe I have been gifted to become insightful in:

1. Insightful in fighting depression. When I fight depression with other people, I feel connected to a purpose.
2. Insightful also in the apparent chaos of system SW. When I architect, I feel His joy. 

Re-newed contacts

After I got to work this morning, I found a Skype message from Shuyi: she had switched to using her account not my in-laws!

That is why I lost contact yesterday.

When I studied "Wisdom for Today" at night, I re-confirmed the message from 2011: there is a hidden sin no one knows about but me. My pride about people I work with.

I wrote the same comment, the same day 2011, and 2012.

Eric Liddell said: (page 70 of "Complete Surrender"):

• Quiet morning prayer.
• Expectation that the Bible has a message for me that can be applied to my life day by day. 

How I wish I had read it in the morning, not at night. Would have made a different attitude out of me when I was in Trevor's office.

No contact with shuyi

she is visiting kending with the kids and inlaws. i miss them.  pray hard for their wellbeing, spiritual strength.

prayer list

This morning I got up 6:15am. Read one chapter of "Complete Surrender".

Prayers:

1. Find a suitable topic for the small group.
2. Find a way to move the refrigerator from Andorra to Indigo, as is expected of me.
3. Put a plan together to connect the strawman vision to daily life of mine.
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Speech Outline: Harness the Power of Vision

I am preparing for a 10 minutes speech, and 2nd run of my last speech entitled "Your Child Needs An Uplifting Vision".

1. Hook: the story: I could see every detail of my highshool graduation and college entrance. 1974 study by Benjamin Singer.    (2 minutes).
2. Book/Theme: Isaiah 40:60, the vision by Eric Liddell: God made me for a purpose, he called me to China, he also made me fast, when I run, I feel His joy.    (3 minutes).
3. Look: Power: 1) Spur sacrificial action 2) Unleash creative imagination 3) Inspire courageous choicion

Liddell harnessed the power of this vision, 1) train the body and the soul 2) team up with his Sponsor so he has no doubts 3) make decisions with perspective.
 a complete surrender via daily devotion, self examination.  (2 minutes)
4. Took: you and I can harness the power of vision. 1) dream big. 2) connect to the here and now.  3) role model.    Example:     God called me to fight depressions with friends, he also made me insightful in system software, when I architect, I can get a glimpse of Him smiling.  (3 minutes).

Why I Joined Choir

About a year ago I joined church choir as a tenor. Why?

Today I came across the best way to summarize the reaon, as "To take a trip", a trip to a better place.

Nothing can be more uplifting from Congo than this piece "Carmina Burana" from the 60 minutes program tonight:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7404588n