Last night I received a text from my boss asking if I was available to meet with him today. A face-to-face. A sit-down. Fortunately my schedule was clear so we will be meeting in a little over 8 hours. When I confirmed our meeting, I also inquired as to the reason. He texted back that it was a mid-year check of my growth plan.
Oh, yeah, the growth plan. That document I had completed back in August. Three goals. Documentation showing growth toward those goals. The plan hadn't really been in my front burner throughout the year. You would be correct if you guessed I spend a bit of time last night getting some documentation downloaded to document actions steps I have taken this year.
I needed the middle-of-year call out by Dr. Anderson. With all he many other duties required at school, church, and home it is easy for some things to get relegated to the back row. Were it not for today's meeting, I am not sure when I would have revisited my plan.
As I pondered today's meeting, I began to wonder how much stronger our Christian lives would be and consequently the Church, if we develop personal Christian growth plans and had an accountability partner for those plans. I cannot imagine I am the first one to have this idea and perhaps there are books, DVDs, and conferences out there designed with this very thing in mind. Ultimately our accountability would be to God, but since Moses/Mt. Sinai meetings are not God's chosen method of communication, a trusted brother or sister in Christ would be responsible for reminding and encouraging.
If you know of any such program of Christian goal setting and accountability, let me know.
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