I come across a daily devotional reading where it recommends having a mission statement for a family. I, who at the point of reading was a little loss as to how to spend the evening wisely, jumped at this suggestion.
I decided and coerced my family that we will have to brainstorm and decide on our mission statement which thereafter shall be the authoritative document to hold each other accountable of any actions contrary to the mission.
With no ardent fan for this session, I wrote my own as follow:
1. To draw near to God (and reinforcing each other to do so)
2. To be the church for our family (i.e. loving and supportive)
3. To spread the gospel (i.e. love and witness, though for now, my most comfortable medium is through this blog)
This, by the way, is after giving it thought for 2 nights and then, I see that it is the same commandment that Jesus gave i.e. love God and love your neighbor (Matthew 22:37-39). I think it is good to have a mission statement even for individual, at least for me, I can have so many thoughts in a day not entirely loving that putting a mission statement down in slightly more tangible terms will at least nudge an improvement in me.
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