It has been a very busy week for me in regard to my work schedule. I have accomplished much, and through the grace of God I have done well in regard to managing my time and switching from one project to the next. This tends to be a difficult thing for me to do at times in regard to my work. I will begin on one project in the morning and in mid-day I will switch to something that is completely unrelated and requires the use of an entirely different skill set. This can be quite frustrating at times, especially as it relates to general business, technology, accounting, analysis, coworkers, and the always changing world that is involved. At the same time, this has been very good for me and I have learned much from it. For the past six years, this has been a continued pattern in regard to my work and I view it as a wonderful opportunity to learn to compartmentalize key aspects of my life. The skill of compartmentalization, when used to glorify God, is a great asset in the life of any man that desires to be in leadership, whether it be in his home, business, assembly, or community at large. I am grateful to the Lord for allowing me opportunities to refine the skill of compartmentalization. I have much to learn in this area and daily business interactions and transitions are a wonderful way to refine this skill in my life.

I have also focused a good amount of time this week on business planning. The ability to properly outline and predict long term goals as it relates to the overall aspects of a company in key technology related areas as well as general business. This includes, staffing, budgeting, new technologies, current problems, current solutions, future improvements, and ultimately how the company will get from point A to point B within the next three years of business operation. I must admit, having never done anything like this to this degree, I didn’t think I would enjoy the process that was involved. I am grateful to say that I was wrong. I have enjoyed it immensely. Primarily because I know this is going to take place in a real world environment and is not simply some hypothetical solution that will yield no results and has no risk involved. It is a plan of action that is dealing with real world problems. I like this kind of thing :). If it were not a real business world solution I think it would be quite frustrating and feel like my work had no point to it. I am grateful to the Lord for the opportunity to learn in a real world environment where there is much risk involved and much to be gained as a result of risk when a plan is implemented correctly.

Business is not my forte, but the Lord continues to provide me with unique opportunities to improve my skills in the business world, and each day I see that the more I am disciplined of mind, the more quickly I am able to solve seemly complex business problems. Praise the Lord for His grace in my life, without it I would continually fall. It is my hope that I will remain faithful and diligent in my labors, never acting in idleness but always pushing myself as a man in business, and ultimately a man that is fixed on honoring the Lord Jesus Christ.