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Lockdown

Swineflu continues to wreak havoc across our country. And by 'across' I mean the south-eastern state of Victoria, where nearly 80% of the cases have been recorded. Weird. We have gone from 30 to 1,300+ cases in 2 weeks, there's only 30,000 cases world-wide, and Australia - a country with ~0.3% of the world population, has ~4.3% of the total cases...perhaps pandemic is an accurate description for us? Anyway, this post has nothing to do with that ... you can find loads of information about it at various other netstinations (yep, the el crapola word making doesn't let up), so I'm not gonna stir up any more paranoia than I already have. ** :shock: What's really going to be in lockdown is our worship team, who are going to be holed up in the studio Saturday working on our second recording session. For me, that means approximately 14 hours in the studio, praying, working with the engineer, praying, co-ordinating who's coming and going, praying, making sure everything is brilliant. Oh - and praying - did I mention that bit? All of this is great, but it also involves sacrificing precious time with my marvellous wife. And the sacrifice is getting bigger over the next few months as we go from one session a month to two sessions starting in August, aiming to wrap up recording in mid-November for a mid-December release. In the meantime, we personally have that small issue of moving in July too. Yay! We've been talking about recording our original songs for years (and years) so I am excited that this year it's not just talk, but the sacrifice still hurts. I know, I know ... that's what sacrifice is all about. :mrgreen: Apart from losing out on time with Diane, one of the things that I'm personally sacrificing is spending more time on my personal writing and recording goals. So, if anyone finds that extra day per week that I've seen getting talked about on the interwebs recently, please send me the code for that too. What sacrifices do you make to pursue dreams? **Seriously, do pray for our country, and especially Victoria, as this flu continues to worsen its grip on that state and the physical and mental well-being of its residents. Thanks.

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Dreams

So...our unit/apartment/flat... home ...is being auctioned later today. Saturday 2.30pm AEST actually - aka Friday 9.30pm US Pacific Time. You can work out the conversion from there if you want. Prayers for success would be appreciated. We're doing this because God has prompted us to do it, to see dreams planted in our hearts come out of dreamland and into reality.

Blessed to be a blessing. Generous. Lavish. Extravagant. An "exceedingly abundantly beyond wildest expectations or dreams" blessing to others. That's part of our dream. That's part of being the bride of Christ. That's love. And love is what we're all about. I'll be sharing more of our dream as it unfolds. It's all part of this ongoing transition stuff I've been periodically blogging about. And the thing is...a lot of it I don't know about yet either...so when the inevitable questions come wanting more details, I promise I'm being as open as I can be. Really. It's as much of a mystery to me sometimes as it is to anyone else. So tell me, what are your dreams?

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Such a little thing

Being a senior manager can be tough. Even when you're just 7 days into the role - or should that be especially when you're just 7 days into the role.

Today, in one of my five meetings which took up around 80% of the day, while my staff downloaded one-on-one about the past and dreams for the future, eight words meant a lot to me :

"I think you will be good at this".

That made my day.

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A Good Day

You know how some days begin well, progress well, peak early, maintain the high (like walking on a ridge), then stay there right through to the end? No? Just me then? Well, today was one of those days. Nothing mind-blowing, but "A Good Day". Selected highlights:

1. The flexibility in my new job came to the fore today when I took 3 hours off in the middle of the day to meet with my pastor and get my sadly neglected hair cut...my fringe was half way down my cheek, and considering I'm a short(ish) hair person, that's pretty bad methinks. 2. Talking of the job, I'm loving that I have the space to take in all the minutae from the outgoing person, create goals and plans for change that is both needed and wanted, and generally being able to ease into the role - rather than being dropped in the deep end.

3. An opportunity for further creativity has come up that I'm excited about, but I have to share with some others before I blog more. Meanwhile, my wife and I are believing for a house where we can "increase the scope" of our hospitality to our church and beyond. We are taught to speak out the dreams God has placed in our hearts, so we are, even when it feels a little selfish. I'm going one step further and blogging about it here too! At the moment, it feels like a dream, but in many ways it feels closer than we can fathom as well. We'd have some serious praying to do as we removed the Buddha statues if this was the one though ;-)

That's it then. A Good Day = A God Day. "It won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ—eternal and glorious plans they are!—will have you put together and on your feet for good. He gets the last word; yes, he does." 1 Peter 5:10, 11 - The Message

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