Seth Godin, author of The Dip, speaks of being “Irrationally Committed” is described as,

“Salespeople and service providers and marketers who are irrationally committed to customer service can completely transform an ordinary experience and make it remarkable.”

As a husband/church planter/connections pastor/friend, I believe that I need to be irrationally committed to the relationships that God has allowed me to be a part of.  If, as a pastor, I can overly serve my congregation, my teams, and my leadership, I can help “the church” overcome its negative image and truly BE JESUS to this community. I believe that the church truly is the hope of the world.  And I am willing to serve, give, sacrifice, and lead as hard as I can, for as long as I can, as long as God allows me to.

THAT is completely irrational.  The pay sucks, the hours are long, and often times, I get complaints over compliments.  After long hours of investing in a single person, they leave the church and don’t say ‘thank you’ or even “Have Nice Day!”

I’m no better than you or anyone else.  I’m not important, nor am I all that talented.  I work hard and I care INTENSELY for people.  I believe that God WANTS to bless each and every one of us, and we OFTEN make poor choices.  I also believe that I have a responsibility to serve each person that comes into my sphere of influence.  It’s irrational, it’s overwhelming, and it’s my call…and I am completely committed to it.

So I ask you, what are you irrationally committed to?

MONDAY

• Staff Meeting / Assimilation / Stratgey Meetings

TUESDAY

• LAUNCH Conference at Avalon Church w/ Bob Franquiz and Nelson Searcy
• Working in the office

WEDNESDAY

• Home Team

THURSDAY

• Financial Peace University at Dad’s

FRIDAY

• Day OFF / Catch up on any work that I need

SATURDAY

• REALLY Day OFF

SUNDAY

• Church Services / Guest Services Meeting

• It’s been a wild/long/cool/amazing weekend.
• Joe Sangl was here all weekend with I Was Broke. Now I’m Not. and he taught his Financial Learning Experience.
• We had almost 60 people at the Saturday conference.  Joe was great and I am thankful for his investment in Newnan and StonePoint.
• Sunday was WAY cool.  Joe spoke and blew the doors down this morning.
• I got to know his family a little…and to those of you who think it’s too hard to raise your kids, Joe and Jenny’s daughter was off the chain!  She was well behaved, polite, friendly, and outgoing.
• Joe even shared a story about her learning about money, it’s amazing!
• You MUST listen to the podcast.  CLICK HERE.
• I treated SID to dinner at Red Lobster.  It was our last time eating out for a while… We’re going to be buckling down and following Joe’s advice. (We’re also going to jump BACK into Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, with my dad)
• After a little nap, a horrible loss by the Bulldogs and the Falcons, I took solace in that my USF Bulls won!
• We got a HUGE hit from “wonderful” IRS, and I am only slightly panicked.  Along with the typical uncertainty of church planting, it has been a little stressful.  Please pray for me and for StonePoint.  We can always use your prayers, but we are making a huge impact in Newnan, and Satan is trying to kick our asses!
• It’s going to be a weird week, but I know that God is going to be working in my life.  He HAS to, we’re pretty much tapped out as far as money, job, and options.  It will be fun to see how HE comes through THIS time.
• BTW - SID starts her new FULL TIME JOB on Monday, so after a long year, she is back in the job force, full time and full pay!
• On a FUNNY note, I posted a couple of days ago about 3 Things that Keep People in Church. It came from a concept by Nelson Searcy over at Church Leader Insights.  Well… I got a comment from Nelson.  Holy Crap!!  Go check out the comments, THANKS NELSON!