Good Morning,
For about five years, I have been sharing information from the books I read. In the earlier days, I more directly shared from the books that I was reading at the moment, and currently, the messages have been less tied to this practice. Why the change?
The path I chose to follow in 2005 and on through to today was to read as many books on the specific subjects which I felt I could best share with others. These including Leadership, Self-Improvement, Management, Helping Others, Business, etc.
I dove into those books and when these books recommended other similar books, I found and read some of those as well. At the same time, I was also exploring my faith. In total, I would read 20 books to 1 Christian book.
As mentioned in my book, ‘Learn and Grow Daily!’, all of the reading had lead me to the Lord. And as such, I chose to spend more time learning about Him. My reading habits changed and currently, I read 20 Christian Books to 1 business/self-help/leadership/business book.
The path I had planned for myself to achieve my goals of helping others had effectively changed course and took to me a whole different area in life.
I still have many, many leadership, self-help, etc., books sitting on my shelves in queue to read, and I plan to get to them, but I saw the change in my attitude and where life was taking me, and I accepted that change. Should I have ignored the signs, and persisted down the path I laid out five years ago, I am not sure where I would have ended up, but I am pretty sure it would not be as rewarding as the path I am on now.
If what we do in life is not something we are interested in, or called to do, then why should we do it at all? Last week, I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Alistair Begg (http://www.truthforlife.org/) preach at the Southern Baptist Seminary. He shared one thought that resulted in this whole line of thought. He said that if a pastor does not have a specific calling to be a pastor, that he should to do the congregation a favor and quit.
What this means is that if we are not wired for, or have a passion to do something, everyone will know. And it can be painful for those who witness or worse are forced to experience our attempts.
That path we take in life should be the path of our passion, the path of our calling, the path that is revealed to us from the Almighty, etc., and not the path that we have stitched into our mind years ago, when situations, knowledge and interests were different.
It is okay to change the path we take. To stay in our passion, and to be the best we can be, we need to follow the right path. The alternative is going to be painful for at least ourselves and quite probably others who have to endure us in a wrong fitting role.
Follow your passion, heed your calling, and chose the path you take.
It will lead to a much more fruitful destination.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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