What is vision?
Vision: n. 1. the faculty or state of being able to see. 2. the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.
And how does one keep vision?
Being an imaginative person, it has always been fairly easy for me to come up with plans, to "see" into the future and dream of all kinds of possibilities. My family can vouch for that. :) I always thought that was normal, that anyone could have ideas. But the older I get the more I discover how sometimes it can be hard to keep the vision new and in view. For me, it is easy to start something, but loose passion and interest part way through. I struggle with that sometimes, and I wonder how to keep my vision for life. How can I be inspired by the Lord and keep moving forward? Are there times when it is good to keep going without vision?
The Bible says, where there is no vision, the people perish. How do we maintain the vision so we don't hurt others? I believe keeping our eyes on Jesus is a key to staying focused and remembering the greater purpose of why we are here.
There are probably different things that work for different people in different stages of life, so I am not going to try to make a list. One thing, though, that I have found helpful for not getting discouraged in my daily hum drum life is to continually give things to God. I found this very helpful when teaching school and feeling like a failure. When I could remind myself that it wasn't about me, but about God, I could live in peace and not get so stressed out about things. This enabled me to have an excitement about my work and about life in general.
In the next several months I want to interview some friends of mine that I met on my travels and maybe people closer to home, we'll see. I want to hear from them and share with you how God is at work in the places they serve. And maybe they can tell us how they keep their focus straight. :)
Until the next time...
Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:9
P.S. I would love to hear from you. How do you keep a vision/passion for the things you do? Email me: vanessasventures2@gmail.com
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