I love you, Dad
Day: August 9, 2020
Cue 85: Where to find the hours to make it happen
Where to find the hours to make it happen
“The hours don’t suddenly appear. You have to steal them from comfort.” – Derek Sivers
Bells
The clapper of a bell is held by the crown at the middle, but to send out a signal it swings left and right, touching both sides without prejudice.
Organisations do not need systems built around outliers – extreme top performers or extreme poor performers. Systems are built around the crown at the middle with reward and sanction swinging both ways to drive continual improvement, without prejudice.
Bells ring only when the clapper is allowed to go to and fro, not just to or just fro.
– Osasu Oviawe
A still small voice
1 Kings 19:9, 11-13
And there he came to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Eli’jah?” And he said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. And when Eli’jah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Eli’jah?”
Homily:
Eli’jah was going through a very rough patch during this period and he was on the run for his life.
When we face great affliction and feel alone, it is common for us to seek God in grand events, but He is ever present in a still small voice within.
Peace, be still.