leadership stops the drift

I was once out on a large lake with my friend Mark on his catamaran. The wind died. We sat motionless for hours, with no wind to propel us, we drifted on the lake and cooked in the sun.

Drifting is frustrating when you know that we should be going somewhere.

Leonard Sweet, in his book Summoned to Lead writes:

“Great people are not the whole of life, but they are the condition of all the rest; if it were not for the big people, the little ones could scarcely live….In the East where the desert touches a river valley or oasis, the sand is in a continual state of drift from the wind…which is the real cause of the barrenness of such portions of the desert…But set down a rock on the sand, and see the difference its presence makes. After a few showers, to the leeward side of the rock some blades will spring up; if you have patience, you will see in time a garden. How has the boulder produced this? Simply by arresting the drift."

We have all felt at times that something took the wind out of our sails.  In such moments, a family, an organization, a church needs a rock.  Someone who can arrest the drift.  Don't wait for someone else to rise to the occasion.  You are the person that can chart a course and point the way.  Don't be afraid to lead.  A great breeze may begin with a small puff, but with continued pressure, the wind will move the boat.

It's a beautiful day in God's world be sure to see the good.
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Paris-Normandy River Cruise
October 23-31, 2019
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Holy Land Trip leaving January 20, 2020
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Treasures of Ireland
July 13-22, 2020
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